Technically it was Monday, about 20 minutes past Easter Sunday’s closing, so I’m not going to go with a shocking title of Resurrection Sunday. I was still back at the farm for Easter break, and had come downstairs to get a drink of water. All the lights were off and it should have been fairly …
Read more »Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without a few household catastrophes. My sister Janet gave my mom a kind of sprayer nozzle for the kitchen sink. In theory, a person would simply screw it onto the faucet and that would be that. In actuality, however, the process involved: “I think it’s on there crooked, Jack.” “I …
Read more »The Post Office in Hampden had an open house yesterday and today. A few plates of Christmas cookies, donuts, and candy were set out on the back counter, with cider and coffee available as well. This morning, mom, dad and I headed into town to get the mail and so that mom could mail her …
Read more »My friend gave me a Snuggie for Christmas, which is a blanket with arms, which is something I routinely have made fun of every time we’ve passed them in the store, which is why I was given such a thing. According to the official web site, the Snuggie is a “pop culture phenomenon.” Mainly, though, it’s …
Read more »Here are the cookies we made tonight. Can you figure out a few of them?
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