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My Grandfather’s Clock
When I was small my mother would sing a song called My Grandfather’s Clock to me. Well to all of us really. It is a rhythmic song, one that children find very soothing, and very grounding. I now sing it for Hilary and sang it for Travis when he was a baby and toddler. There…
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Just when were skinny leather ties “in” anyway?
Okay, as much as I hate (sorry make that really hate) to admit it, my sister may be right. I think it is time to start weeding out my possessions. I’ve often joked that I still have Chinese food containers from University but it is really not that far off. I’ve never lived in as…
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Antarctic Farewell
Sigh, I feel a little down right now. I decided to do a little tidying (very little) and took the link to Simon’s 75 degrees South blog off my sidebar. Simon’s excellent blog was the third blog I added to my sidebar, right after two of the best blogs ever, bootstrap analysis and A Whippoorwill…
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Most Beautiful Bird Meme
Nuthatch, at the perpetually erudite and entertaining bootstrap analysis, has tagged me with a new meme, via John at DC Birding Blog, the Most Beautiful Birds Meme. The rules are fairly simple… Post a list of the 10 birds you consider most beautiful on your blog; you may limit the list to the ABA area…
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Hilary’s Smile podcast
Okay, originally I just took this to share with my family. But I ask you, looking at this, how badly do you think she has Dad wrapped around her little finger?
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I and The Bird #22
Home Bird, over at Home Bird Notes, has been working on her geography. She’s put together a splendid I and the Bird #22, focusing on all the varied places that people blog about birds. So head on over to the South Jersey pinelands, and sample all of the great posts that have come to exemplify…
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I need a guest book
Well, although we haven’t had as many guests as we’d like yet (I know it will come as the word gets out) we’ve had some interesting guests from all over. Sport hunters from four states (well five actually. One divides his time between Alaska and Mississippi) have been here and another is set to arrive…
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Suddenly there came a tapping
This morning, after our client had left, I was sitting here on the couch enjoying the silence. I had just finished putting Hilary back to sleep after she awoke hungry. Travis and Leah were still sleeping, and as I thought about getting up to get a coffee a visitor arrived. I’ve spoke before about how…
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Okay. He’s definitely shooting at me, do I know this guy? Conclusion
Link to Page one. Once behind the Hamlet office I got out to see if the truck had been hit. I just made it around to the passenger side near the hood when three more shots rang out. Obviously I hadn’t pulled completely behind the Hamlet office. I got in and backed up a few…
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Okay. He’s definitely shooting at me, do I know this guy? Part four.
Link to Page one. Early that January I was at the Hamlet Office, having a short meeting with the Mayor when my partner Eric called to say that we had a call and that I needed to come back to the office right away. The call seemed straight forward enough, a youth, three weeks shy…
