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If you don't get it 100% right the first time (and who does!), then you can make improvements the second time around, right?  Today I ha...

I'm at my daughter's house -- up at 5:45. The kids are up when their alarm goes off -- 6:45. I did all advance stuff in advance. Bac...

My older daughter asked for a favor: would I stay with the kids so that she and her husband could escape for a four day trip? To celebrate t...

You never know what to make of September. It's often warm, but not always. Sunny, unless it's endlessly wet. The gardens fade, but o...

Morning in Chicago. Being a farmette person, I am now very attached to my country habits. Weed plucking, chicken feeding, pear picking. Groa...