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Requiescat in pacem, Grandmother

Mary Leta Bell Cox, 91, a resident of Valley Bend, died at home on Tuesday, May 27, 2008. She was born Jan. 31, 1917, at Elkwater, to the late Charles Howard and Susan Ann Fretwell Bell. She married Charles Goff … Continue reading

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Roam Where You Want To

We walked to the Memorial Day parade this morning. That was fun, though the posted speed limit on Beekman-Poughquag Road should be lowered by about 10 to 15 mph. We had a good time at the parade. The kids didn’t … Continue reading

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Child Safety Latches

A design flaw in this child safety latch increases the likelihood that your child will open the cabinet, retrieve the Windex®, and drink it. Or, in our case, wash the floor. The flaw? The installation of the latch requires precision. … Continue reading

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New Maid

We have a new maid. His name is Jerry. He’s an iRobot Roomba 4105. Right now he’s cleaning the family room. We’ve noted several idiosyncrasies. He prefers rooms without much furniture, or other floor-level decoration. He has trouble over metallic … Continue reading

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The Things We Catch on Film

We took some pictures this evening for this year’s Christmas card. I like this one. What do you think?

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One of Those Annoying Picture-Only Posts

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Local Honey

Food doesn’t get any more local than this. My younger sister’s family found they had a hive between the floor joists.

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The Menu

We’re having Christmas Eve dinner at our house this year, and we’re planning fish, though not the traditional baccala since the Little Sister is, we think, the only one who would eat it. Most of the rest don’t like fish … Continue reading

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