Dec 17, 2012 | Blog
From walking on the beach in the beautiful dusky dawn of these short December days, a family breakfast, the Snow Dragon and parade with Pizza Joe and the Uglys Gifts for Grub dinner, to the Holly Jolly Follies Christmas show–Little Dave was a terrific tree,...Dec 16, 2012 | Blog
When I heard what happened in Connecticut I couldn’t breathe. All those innocent little children, and good school teachers killed– two of my daughters are elementary teachers– and now more details emerge. Names. Olivia, Charlotte, Emilie. Where is...Dec 13, 2012 | Blog
The safety elves at the Post Office have covered all the high traffic areas of the linoleum floor in mats, so you can keep your grippers on. (And done a heck of a job decorating, too.) And the sanding crews are out from Main Street to Mud Bay (with one friendly Henry...Dec 13, 2012 | Blog
Oh my, be careful out there– the rain and wind has made slick smooth ice everywhere, except I suppose the rink, which will take a few days to recover once the temperatures drop again (they say Sunday it’s supposed to be in the teens.) Folks have already...Dec 12, 2012 | Blog
My husband decided to trim the porches with lights yesterday. It involved loud swearing, wire clippers, duct tape, a metal ladder, barking dogs, and cold hands. At dinner I did not say that the string of lights on the garage is a few feet short, and perhaps could be...Dec 11, 2012 | Blog
It felt so warm that I opened the windows to air out the house this morning. I closed them fairly quickly, with heating fuel at 5 dollars a gallon and the wood pile shrinking at an alarming rate thanks to the long cold snap. Also, it is still December, and after a day...
