There are so many firsts this year, now that Self Proclaimed Perfect Boy, Gabe has headed off to college. Some I anticipated, but others – like my first spring... Read More
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… on knowing, and *knowing*
Until about twenty minutes ago, I couldn’t look. Totally true. It’s been nearly a week since Sam’s accident down in New Orleans, and all of the images I had... Read More
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… on life stuff, all of it and all at once… always
This morning we awoke to a pop and the sound of our beloved fan, the one we turn on each night for its pleasing hum, spinning down. Full disclosure:... Read More
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… on a wedding destiny-ation
When we were done restoring The Inn, our place that was an inn during the late 1800s and early 1900s but is not an inn so don’t come by... Read More
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… on sticking the landing
I don’t usually write about news stories. I have… when they’ve struck my fancy. I wrote about the Batkid based on what I’d seen in the news, and I remember writing about... Read More
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… on being mocked
I am wondering if I get enough respect from the non-humans around the Dingle household. Blaze, as a royal, is a pretty entitled beast. Marshal Dillon Dingle believes the... Read More
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… on the morning after
Well good mornin’! I got a few messages last night, letting me know people were with Marshal in his moment of profound disappointment that two feet of snow were... Read More
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… on a crushing disappointment
Clearly Mother Nature has underestimated our newly-minted intrepid reporter. Uh… he knows math! There are not 24 inches of snow out there and, as the darkness envelopes the newly fallen whiteness,... Read More
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… on it picking up a bit
So, uh… it’s begun to pick up a little bit around here. Since our last report, with pictures taken before noon, snow has continued to fall to the tune... Read More
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… on checking in!
Okay, here’s the deal. It’s snowing. Still. Apparently, in New York City, they are disappointed because they are only getting a ‘glancing blow’ because Stella is proving to be a... Read More
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… on snow. Snow! OMG SNOW!
Greetings! Last night I asked Marshal if he wanted to be a measuring stick. Blaze and I had been discussing the impact of a 24-hour news cycle on the... Read More
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… on the scamp and birthdays
I looked it up. Scamping is being mischievous in an endearing, a playful, or naughty way. Actually, I don’t think ‘scamping’ is a word. Scamp is though. And Marshal Dillon Dingle is one. Hence,... Read More