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Toys with the Cousin-nest of Cousins

Posted on February 22, 2016 by joey

I was over at Robin’s blog this morning, reading about her curio cabinet and how she lets her grandies carefully handle its delicate contents, and it made me think about the collection of strange little toys my mother’s mother kept for … Continue reading →

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More Linguine than Linguistics, and by Linguine I mean Silly String

Posted on February 19, 2016 by joey

Now and again, I mention accents or dialect. I even wrote one post about vernacular and another about the nonsense language in our house, which must surely be a family tradition. Last night I drank more vodka peach tea than you can … Continue reading →

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Share Your World #7

Posted on February 15, 2016 by joey

  What are you a “natural” at doing? Reading people, spaces, energy Would you prefer a one floor house or multiple levels? I don’t think it matters as much to me as it does to other people. I can honestly … Continue reading →

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The Netty Toyay — En Francais, SVP

Posted on February 12, 2016 by joey

Last year about this time, The Mister took a French test. Before he left, we went over some of his verbs. I was reminding him one always does the cooking. “Je fais la cuisine!” I said. Then he caught me with a new … Continue reading →

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Tragic Magic

Posted on February 2, 2016 by joey

As I’ve said repeatedly, The Mister and I are passionate people. Despite what other people think, that thing we do where we raise our voices and cut our eyes is not fighting. That’s merely how we communicate. We say what we mean … Continue reading →

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Share Your World #5

Posted on February 1, 2016 by joey

If you had a shelf for your three most special possessions (not including photos, electronic devices and things stored on them, people or animals), what would you put on it? Stuff on a shelf. Hmm. So not furniture or blankets, … Continue reading →

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An Earful

Posted on January 30, 2016 by joey

If this were clickbait, I’d title it SEE HOW DOING THIS ONE SIMPLE THING CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE!  And then you’d all be like, “What? I want change in my life, too!” And you’d click it and be all, “Fuck … Continue reading →

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#ThursdayDoors — Meat n’ Milk

Posted on January 28, 2016 by joey

I thought today would be a good time for somethin whimsical, so follow me. Do you know where I was? Here are two more like it… Do you know yet? It was time for lunch… It was a cold, slushy-snow-meltin … Continue reading →

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I’ve Never Been Odder — JusJoJan & SoCS

Posted on January 23, 2016 by joey

I’m used to being odd. I know it sounds strange, but believe it or not, I’m usually the weirdest person in the room. The amount of time I can hide my freak flag? About twenty minutes. Where I live, I’m … Continue reading →

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Just Jotting about Sacrifice

Posted on January 13, 2016 by joey

When I discovered the topic for today was sacrifice, I said to Sassy, “I’m going to write a blog post like ‘I have been sacrificing all my time for Just Jot it January,’ and just be all ‘Bye!’” We laughed. It’s not … Continue reading →

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