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Dean Peters is my hero

January 7, 2014

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Miss Sadie and the Cowboy woke me up at 7:30 this morning with a polite low growl from herself and a blast of doggie breath from you-know-who.  It’s time to get up and make our breakfast, they said.  It’s impossible to argue with a terrier and a spaniel at the same time.  You’re right, I said, pulling […]

In which Neighbor Nanette experiments with comfort foods

January 6, 2014

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The weather has turned brutal, even by our standards, but we are intrepid.  We wrap ourselves in comforters and eat.  After awhile, of course, even the best toasted cheese sandwiches or tortilla wraps (and we flatter ourselves that ours are Not Too Shabby) – even those trusty standbys grow boring.  Neighbor Nanette to the rescue.  […]

Hud Drenth’s Dream Team

January 5, 2014

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This post has been waiting to be finished since March of 2013. It began, as good ideas so often do, with a wonderful photo by Babs Young. Those are Belgian draft horses, bred for strength (and also, I’m inclined to think, character).  Good horses have played an important role Around Here for at least 150 years.  […]