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A few evening snow shots

The lights just look so pretty in the snow, I couldn’t resist. And a short video so you can see the twinkle lights: (I have got to figure out how to make videos a little smaller…)

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Today’s high: 22º

I ventured outside long enough to get some snow off my car, and that was it.  How to deal with weather this miserably cold?  Stay inside, read, and make the best cheese grits ever. The trick is using chicken broth … Continue reading

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Snowy Night 2

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Snowy Night

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Waiting in my window this evening

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New Year, NEW YOU!

I understand why there are tons of articles with this title at this time of year – it’s easy copy, because everyone wants this year to be the year they stop being a self-imagined fuckup, and it’s easy to make … Continue reading

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Williamsburg Wrap Up

I know – you’ve been sitting and refreshing the page for days, waiting for my last day of antics in Williamsburg!  Well, here we go. It was a pretty leisurely day, which was good considering that this trip also confirmed … Continue reading

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My already spoiled cats got another present

A friend of mine had a little cat shelf – he’d gotten it to replace an ratty old wicker hamper that his cat slept on, and of course, his cat refused to have anything to do with it.  So, he … Continue reading

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2013 wasn’t half bad

So, time to briefly interrupt the Williamsburg chronicles to take a look back at 2013.  Overall, it was a pretty darn good year, and it was overdue.  The grandma-related low-level-PTSD-type-hell finally faded.*  When the phone rings, I think “fucking telemarketers” … Continue reading

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Williamsburg, Day 2 – the rest

So, after Great Hopes Plantation, it was definitely time for lunch, so I popped into Shield’s Tavern. Crayfish and shrimp stew and beef pasties (think colonial empanadas) absolutely hit the spot.  Honestly, I was kicking myself that I didn’t have … Continue reading

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