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Originally published in my old blog, brought back by popular demand! From What A Way To Lose, 1969: “I’ve invented a fabulous new diet. It costs only $2,000 for each pound you lose. It also weakens your natural resistance to disease. I can’t guarantee it, but the Mama Cass Diet can give you acute tonsillitis, hemorrhaging vocal cords, mononucleosis and a dangerous case of hepatitis. At least that’s what it did for me. I lost my health–and more than a quarter of a million dollars in earnings as a singer.” Mama Cass was both sassy and painfully candid in her talks about her unhealthy approach t ..read more

Hi all. I heard back from WordPress and they acknowledged there is a bug on their end that changed the formatting in my past posts that affects my photos so that they are on top… More ..read more

Hey all. Second post in one day, I know, but I just noticed that WordPress did something to their code or whatever that affects formatting so that now all of my older posts where I… More ..read more

Wayne removed an invasive shrub and I conceptualized what to put in its place on a Thrifty Yankee budget. Here’s how we transformed the shady nook into a little shade garden shown above: Two polypropylene… More ..read more

In April I purchased two block print tapestries from a local business to use as optional privacy and/or sunblocking “curtains”. I placed metal rings with clips onto the tapestries so that they can hang from… More ..read more

Six hazardous trees were removed since I’ve lived here, three of which were towering white pines. One had partially come down and damaged another tree; another was hanging over our house and a limb took… More ..read more

“It’s just the circle of life” feels like a hollow platitude often stated without emotion, like you’re supposed to just “get it” and move on. A life with an open heart is not that way… More ..read more

Is anyone still around here? It’s been a needed long blog break for me. I may start updating here again. I took the above photo of the blue heron early this morning while out walking… More ..read more

Yesterday I found out that a special item I sold on ebay, a collection of vintage cards I had cherished for many years and sold to a very excited buyer was stolen directly from a… More ..read more