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My mouth waters every time Lee describes another grilling recipe. Rainy day here, but going up to 60°. DGD’s birthday party was nice. Lots of families with rug rats there; trampolines, bouncy house, jungle gyms. Pizza and chocolate cake with three candles on it. The birthday girl refused to blow them out, funny. On my way…
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Morning gents… Very foggy this morning. My dad used to tell me “it’s so foggy you can’t see your hand in front of your face without opening your eyes.” Supposed to rain a lot later and tonight. DGD turns 3 today. There’s a party at one of those kids party venues. Might bring my earplugs… Hiked yesterday, started along a…
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Good morning… Have been succumbing to cravings lately. Yesterday grabbed a loaf of Irish soda bread as I was shopping, got home and had a slice with a cup of decaf—by last night half the loaf was gone. Sigh. We finally heard some news about our piano teacher. He's in a rehab facility. I guess that probably means he broke…
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Mornin' 1" of snow on the ground and stuck to the tree branches here. Piano class this morning, but without the teacher who's been MIA for many weeks since we heard he fell. We still don't know what's really going on with him. Time to make breakfast and coffee. I stumble around and forget what I'm doing without my coffee…
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Up and at em… Slept in this morning and didn't expect to be first to check in. Got out yesterday for a decent hike in the wildlife area, with gorgeous 62º sunshine. The river, which had been frozen solid was running fast. Spring is in the air! Well, snow predicted for tonight, but who cares. Catching up on all the chores I…
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Mornin' Caught several fish yesterday; pickerel, bass, perch. We stayed till about 3:00; only ones out on the pond. Day started off cold and windy but warmed up into 50's and the sun created puddles and slush on top of the ice. We were astonished to find ice was still 13" +/- thick! Supposed to rise to around 60º today and…
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Rise and shine… Meeting up with a friend for some end-of-season icefishing. People were out on the ice at 3 nearby ponds yesterday. Will bring my drill to measure as we go, and make sure it's safe. Coffee, breakfast and packing. Friend is picking up shiners on his way to the pond. (aka lake). Onward and downward…
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Rise and shine. I have seven windup or battery clocks, three of them chiming, plus 4 digital clocks—radios, stove top, microwave. The other day I went around in a fog and set all my clocks ahead an hour—not sure what I was thinking— and next morning wondered why my phone didn't set itself like it usually does. Checked…
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27º here and not warming up much this afternoon. But 40s and 50s next week. We have patches of snow and ice all around, and won't see leaf buds and flowers for a month or more. Book club meeting this evening. Never got out for a walk yesterday it was so windy. Lot's of power outages in the area, but not here. Looks pretty…
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Mornin' gents. Met up with piano students yesterday. No one has heard from our teacher. Tried to email him, no answer; group tried to mail him a card, don't have an address. Very strange… 50 mph wind gusts today, and colder than past few days when it was in the 50s. Had hoped to get in a hike, but not safe walking under…
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Sam, can't believe you tore your rotator cuff again… what on earth is a reverse shoulder replacement? My windows are originals. Double glazed, from when the condos were built around 1970. The bedroom window fogs up inside and even ices over inside when it's really cold. The sliding door is permanently fogged up between the…
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Mornin' I swore I posted yesterday but it's not there, and then I looked at Tuesday and found what I wrote on Wednesday. My brain must be scrambled [even more than usual] from the all-day driving and all-night radio duty at the dog races. Our piano class is getting together this morning without the teacher. A few weeks ago…
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Good morning Overcast and rain coming, 50’s this afternoon. Ash Wednesday service this morning. Then a hike later if the rain has stopped, and unpacking from Maine trip, plus laundry. And in coming weeks will focus on decluttering, and staying clutter free. This spring I will look into replacing windows and sliding doors.…
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Well, as the saying goes, a man’s pole barn is his castle—right? Was up almost all night Saturday waiting for last dogsledder to arrive, rest and then plod to the next safety station between us and the next checkpoint/rest stop 60 miles away. Did get 2-1/2 hour snooze on my cot in the musher’s sleeping area after they left…
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Morning gents. Drove an hour north yesterday to Fort Kent for ham radio meeting — about 20 of us—and afterwards had dinner with my checkpoint partner. He’s been in ham radio for decades and has done this race several times before. On the ride back to my cabin the car thermometer read 2° below. Snowing lightly now—5”…
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Lee, good luck at work…
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For those who have trouble sleeping…
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Mornin' Figured I would check in, as I have the morning free before heading an hour north to Fort Kent to meet the other hams. Checked into my cabin yesterday afternoon. Left home 5:30 AM and arrived here 2:30; last few hours of driving were in blowing snow with lots of unnerving logging trucks on the road. My cozy little…
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Tomorrow I leave for N. Maine; forecast here is rain, some snow as I get halfway up into Maine. 400+ mile drive. Looking forward to being a radio guy for the race checkpoint, but not sure about having to cover overnight if sleds go slow. Was told to bring a cot and sleeping bag. We have to stay on until sleds get halfway…
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Mornin' Getting parking brake adjusted or fixed this morning--it stuck on, when I parked on a hill last week. Cable maybe frozen... Lee, good luck with your recovery. All things pass with time, my folks used to annoyingly tell me. Gotta run.
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Hot tub sounds good. My hands hurt when I pick up my large diam. water bottle and my coffee flask, especially the thumb joint. Worse I think in cold weather. Doc suggested hot wax hand bath. So cold these days there's an icicle hanging off my balcony roof approaching 3 feet long. Time for spring. I envy Dave with the…
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Thought I checked in this morning but I guess not. Drive home from Melrose was a nightmare… GPS took me down rte. 1 to I-93 right into Boston into the tunnel, where traffic was almost stopped. Ceiling had caved in on Mass Pike plus accidents on 93. Finally got off and meandered through streets of Boston and after another…
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After feeding DS's dog and walking him, I will do the 2 hour drive to head home. A neighbor is taking Rory till Tuesday when DS & fam. get back. 20º this morning and feels like 6º; only four more weeks till official spring begins. Got DDIL's piano tuned yesterday; getting so I can finish a tuning in one day. Spanned 5…
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G'morning... High winds have died down and temp got above freezing yesterday. I think the reason the fireplace belched smoke was the 50-60 mph gusts outside, and when I started it I didn't preheat the damper and flue by lighting balls of newspaper stuffed up into the flue. And there was just one "Instant Light" log…
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Mornin' men. Still at DS's house. Rory and I had an exciting day yesterday. Being so cold and windy out I got the fireplace going and sat on the couch to relax. Then the talking smoke alarm went off. BEEP BEEP BEEP. "Smoke in living room... Evacuate! Evacuate!" I cracked a window open to improve the draft and pressed the…
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13º here and wind makes it feel like 5 below. I'm supposed to take Rory for a walk but we'll wait a bit for that. Besides the weather there's lots of icy spots on the sidewalks here and there. Should I wear spikes and dull them on the pavement, bare-boot it hoping I can hop over the icy spots, bring them and put them on…
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Good afternoon from DS’s couch in Melrose, watching their dog snooze down the other end. Drive in this morning was harrowing, starting with car doors all frozen shut and 3/8” of ice on the windows. Over an hour to clean it off. En route to highway encountered fallen electric wires and had to backtrack. At DS’s the walkways…
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Snowed all night but it looks like there’s only an inch on the ground. With the snow and ice forecast, DS and I decided their neighbor would take care of the dog today and I’ll arrive tomorrow morning and stay till Friday. They have a cute house in the suburbs of Boston. I’ll work on their piano while there—I’ve learned to…
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Morning. Sam, hoping things resolve soon for DW. After my divorce and not sleeping I was on Atavan. after months on it I mentioned to my doctor I was getting very depressed, and he said "Oh, atavan has that side effect." Gee, now you tell me. Sometimes it's better to be off certain meds if you can, even if they do help…
