Monday, March 14, 2016

Pi Day - Torta Pasqualina

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Today is Pi Day - March 14. Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, commonly approximated as 3.1415.  It was als...
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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Pi Day Preparation, Easter Pies and Blog Roundup #9

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Today I am keeping this short - I have a pie (or two) to research, because tomorrow, March 14, is "Pi Day" (3-14). Last year was a...
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Saturday, March 12, 2016

Music Saturday - What A Lucky Man

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I had decided, after one last post in late March, to discontinue Music Mondays.  What began as a weekly feature to share some good musical m...
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Friday, March 11, 2016

Falling Friday - The Return

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I had d iscontinued this Friday feature , but a recent blog post by Dorit has inspired me to blog about falling one final time. In the pos...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Throwback Thursday - Nostalgia Still Isn't What it is Cracked up to Be

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Here is a post from January of 2013.  You'll be seeing a sprinkling of "throwback" posts as I prepare for the Blogging from A ...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Winter Wonders - Winter Is Most Sincerely Dead

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Ding dong, winter is dead. And not only merely dead, winter is most sincerely dead (to paraphrase a favorite movie quote). In upstate New ...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

International Women' Day 2016 - Get Out and Vote

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Today is International Women's Day. According to the website, we are to "Celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political a...
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Monday, March 7, 2016

Music Monday - A Dream Come True

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So many times, since I started Music Monday, I've had to blog about singers who have passed from cancer. This time, it is heartbreakin...
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Sunday, March 6, 2016

Blog Roundup #8

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Every Sunday, hopefully through the end of March, I will be posting links to some of the blog posts I enjoyed this week. All I ask is that...
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Saturday, March 5, 2016

Local Saturday - Put a Cork on It

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It goes without saying that buying local is best. Why?   I can think of these reasons. You support a small businessperson, and his/her ...
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Friday, March 4, 2016

Tattoo Me Tattoo You

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I was fascinated, a couple of days ago, to read a post by a blogger, Carla, who has celebrated her love of Dr. Seuss books by having severa...
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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Post 2300

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Time to celebrate. Today is the 2300rd post on my blog.  It is so hard to believe that I have been blogging for almost seven years now - I...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Winter Wonders - The Cruelest Month

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In some ways, here in upstate New York, March can be the cruelest month.  Stormy. Windy.  Today is no exception - the wind is howling outsid...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Super Duper Tuesday

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In the United States, it is Super Tuesday.    The process by which we determine who will be the Presidential candidate for each of our two ...
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Monday, February 29, 2016

Music Monday - Leap Day and The Musical Pillars of the Vittala Temple

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February 29 is the bonus day we only get once every four years here in the United States, where we use a secular calendar called the Gregori...
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Weekly Blog Roundup #7

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Welcome, everyone, for my Weekly Blog Roundup, seventh edition. At this time, I intend to continue this roundup through the end of March, ...
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

Local Saturday - Fickle February Finale

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The title of this post was inspired by Kathy, a local blogger, who blogged about her "Stroll Through Fickle February".   Kathy h...
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Friday, February 26, 2016

It Can Never Happen Here

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Last night, I was half watching the Republican Party's Presidental candidates debate on CNN.  I opened my laptop and clicked on Facebook...
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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Confessions of an Orchid Killer Part 1

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Considering that I say (in the description of my blog) that I blog about gardening, and my Twitter handle (or whatever you call it) is ...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Winter Wonders - Not a Liar, Sky on Fire

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What a wonder this winter has been. February always brings its share of beautiful sunrises and sunsets, but it is usually a chore to take ...
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