Three or four years ago, I bought one of those big, comfy looking chenille robes via an online catalog site. I’d never had one before and come to find out I don’t like ‘em. It weighed a ton. Also, it had big floppy sleeves. i can see the comfort aspect [...]
Hi! Tuesday night I got back from a short visit to the Grand Duke and Duchess in upstate New York. We always have a good time. They don’t even complain when I get in the cabinets and start cooking! Duchess makes lots of things from scratch, so visiting there I get to play [...]
In my “internal” hard drive, I have a list of products which I consider, hands down, to be of the finest quality: Pendleton Wool products, Spode china, Grundig radios made in Germany, a fifties vintage Mercedes-Benz and Stetson cowboy hats for sure! I also REALLY like Lindt chocolate. That falls into the affordable luxury department. [...]
Sometimes people are so long-lived that when they pass on I feel like, “gee, I thought he died years ago” I just learned that Ed Reimers from the Allstate Commercials in now in good hands <g> Well kiddles, back when there were only three television networks, people like Ed and John Cameron Swayze (”we’re [...]
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
How we love to sleep
At the close of day,
When the joys of the day fade away
And the mem’ries sweet
Of the days repeat,
In our dreams they creep,
As we sleep…sleep…sleep
-Burnett & Geibel, Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians, 1924
The Pyrate and I seem to be on Farm Time lately. I’m getting drowsy around 8! I’m [...]
Now that Knitting is a culture and not a solitary craft, we have events in the knitting cycle. One of the biggest is Socktoberfest! A whole month dedicated to the art of sock crafting. I’d feel like a grinch if I didn’t work on at least one new pair during the celebration. So yesterday I [...]