New Year's Eve Shopping

There is something peaceful about the early morning hours in a large city. The streets are serene under a dark sky, the pavement wet and lacking footprints. Storefronts cast a strange glow (if they have windows at all) and sounds are amplified; there is a uniquely wet and delectable sound made by a hefty halibut hitting a metal pushcart.We made our way into Pittsburgh before the...

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Betty Boop/Cab Calloway: Snow White

I find an interesting old cartoon every so often.Betty Boop is not one of my favorites but there are a few out there that I love. This one is the 1933 rendition of Snow White, with a guest appearance by Cab Callow...

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2008 Year in Review

Annie is too clever for my own good. She found this fabulous idea for reviewing our year. "You simply write the first line of the first post of each month. Include a picture if you like and, voila, you have your year in review." Visit There is no place like home. You can also share it at My Romantic Home, which Annie found as well.My 2008JanuaryEvery now and then I stop to read...

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Eartha Kitt

Farewell to a fascinating woman...

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I Believe...

I believe I’ll have another cup of tea. You don’t mind if I pour while imparting a bit of pre-New Year’s Eve advice, do you?Down through the ages, as the dying year wisps away at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, man takes it upon himself to make an Avowal of Resolution to Determine to Commence to Eradicate all the Bad Things from Life that coming year. Silly sounding and...

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Gennaker Leah Ann

Gennaker passed away on December 11. She was 15 years old.We’ve been though a lot of grief this year, first with some very private matters and then with Mattie passing away (not too gently) this summer. Gennaker came as a shock, although it wasn’t unforeseen; she was elderly, nearly deaf and a tad forgetful.I picked Nen out of a litter of puppies slated for a “pregnancy spay”....

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