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Folly Cove Designers at the Cape Ann Museum
Folly Cove is a wonderful name. It could not have been the same if they were located in nearby Brace Cove, Wonson Cove, Lobster Cove, Hodgkins Cove, etc. Light House Cove, Plum Cove, Gull Cove or Loblolly Cove might have done, but less perfectly. I think Folly Cove is where Giles did his SCUBA open […]
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Obituaries for my clothes
Downsizing, decluttering, whatever you call it, is hard. Today I gave away 38 pounds of clothes and recycled 18 pounds of old bedding. Taking these pictures was supposed to help me let go, but now I am mired in a swamp of reminiscence. It is interesting and fun, despite the occasional tear in my eye, and […]
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Decrease in local sparkle level detected
Holli Andrews has departed Framingham. I helped her pack, and I was surprised at how envious I felt when I saw her boxing up the possessions she wants to keep, and ruthlessly tossing or donating the things she doesn’t; her packed car, ready to hit the road, looked like a ticket to fresher air and […]
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Selah
Today I learned a new word. I love it when that happens. The word is “selah.” It’s not English and no one knows what it means. Better and better! It has its own Wikipedia article in English, though, and I read there, without citation, that it appears 74 times in the bible, so I found […]