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Spring greens

Can we have spring now please? I'm tired of sneak attacks by winter. Tuesday dumped over six inches of snow on us in the morning alone, and I had a heart-stopping drive home. There were three spots where the car sat spinning the wheels in snow going up

Birthday spinning - The Tudor Rose

It's my birthday today, and Hubby got me the most wonderful present, a drop spindle custom designed specially for me by Thomas Golding, the Tudor Rose: This is the band on the rim, sterling silver with roses on: It has a cherry whorl with some amazing scroll work,

Blues and Barbecue

Went to Memphis for the weekend with Hubby and had a great time. Rode the Main Street trolley, took the Gibson factory tour and saw how they make guitars, and had dinner at BB King's Blues Club. It was great to get out of St Louis and go

Happy Birthday Hubby!

It's Hubby's birthday today! Hope it's a good one, I love you.

Sounds of destruction

There have been horrible noises coming from the downstairs of my house since 9am. Today is Door Installation day. The new front and back doors we ordered sometime last year were finished last week and there are three men doing the work. It's not the first big home

Signing off for 2007

Merry Christmas! I'll be back in the new year.

Down for repair

My beloved MacBook Pro is in the Apple Store getting a replacement keyboard under warranty. I'm tired of the squeaky spacebar and keys that don't always type when you press them. It'll be gone for a week (they told me), so I'll

Today is "No Music Day"

BBC News: How No Music Day struck a chord. No Music Day is on the 21 November. This is the third year to have one. The first in 2005 was almost a private affair. Other than me [former KLF frontman Bill Drummond] sorting out in my head why I needed

Miscellany

I'm still writing my novel. They say everything comes together in week 3 and once you hit the 35k mark you're golden. I made 35102 last night and it feels good. This is the fourth year I've done NaNoWriMo and it's a

Custard Creams for the win!

BBC News: The strange appeal of the custard cream. The custard cream is the nation's favourite biscuit, suggests a survey. So why has it endured so long? They don't make them like they used to, it seems. The old-fashioned custard cream biscuit has annihilated its newer,

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