I took Friday off and we went up to Casco on Thursday evening. Partly it was because I had vacation days I had to use up in this year, and partly so we could be there to have our oil burner serviced. When the water failed last weekend, we figured that it was good that …
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Misc.
I don’t know where I found Tales of the Cupcake Mafia, but it is fun to read. I think it was two degrees of separation from a knitblog. It’s about midnight:30 and I missed getting in a post on the 9th. Darn. I’m counting this, but strictly speaking it’s a different day. The Gray rest …
Library Art Show
Tonight was the reception for Arlene’s friend Lynda’s show at the Newton library. Arlene had gone over there a week or ten days ago to help hang the show. I heard a lot about the show, how the space is for hanging art, and so on. Lynda is the person who told Arlene about the …
A Nation Gradually Comes Back to its Senses
It’s too early to be sure, but it looks that way. We’ll count that as posting something today, and go back to paying attention to the election returns. It’s looking as though the referendum to allow wine sales in supermarket chains has been defeated here in Massachusetts. It looks as though my college classmate has …
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Limoncello
I didn’t know about limoncello until just under a year ago. If you don’t, either, it’s an Italian lemon liqueur. Anne and Matt acquired (the contents of) their friend Marcy’s liquor cabinet when Marcy moved, just about the time we got the house in Casco, and moved most of it up there. The best thing …
Waterless
Sometime in the late morning today Nicole called “There’s no water!” That would be a problem in any case, but it was worse at that point because Emma was halfway through a bath, ready to be rinsed. So we had a soapy little girl, and no water. I checked some circuit breakers, and reset the …
The sewing machine works
We finally put together a project we’ve been meaning to do in Casco — a shade for the skylight in the upstairs bedroom. Charley likes rooms very dark. He’s been tacking a piece of cloth over the skylight over the bed when he sleeps there. Since he and Nicole and Emma are here this weekend, …
No on 1
Massachusetts has an initiative question in next Tuesday’s election that would let supermarkets sell wine. I’m against it. Now, it’s true that we’re way behind the times on this issue. The current situation is that any one person can only hold two liquor licenses. A whole supermarket chain counts as one person, so only two …
Thursday
Pretty lame title. I’ve been using one of those new mouthpieces when I practice trumpet the last few days, to get used to it before I take it up to Maine. I haven’t hit the D# with it yet, but I was nice and solid on the D. That’s plenty OK. I’m well on my …
And what’s this blog called, anyway?
I hadn’t been on my unicycle once this whole year. There’s not a lot of empty parking lot where I work these days, and it’s really a more corporate environment in general than the last few places. I wouldn’t be comfortable riding around in the center of the campus, and there’s too much traffic there …