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<\/a>(click image to enlarge<\/em>) <\/p>\nBeta will (presumably) graduate from high school this year, and she’s been accepted at my favorite (GO BIG ORANGE!) university. Sew, I must work diligently if I am to finish the "college quilt" promised to each of the four daughters. It’s all done by hand — no machine-piecing or quilting for me — so it takes some time. A few hours per day to complete one square foot, to be exact.<\/p>\n
And, the heat’s out again. We survived heating the house with just wood for a month, from Christmas until Jan. 29, and had the furnace fixed before we left for Orlando last week. It survived our absence, but now the blamed thing just has to be replaced. Or, I have to keep the fire going to stay warm… which involves some work, but doesn’t cost anything, and doesn’t burn any fossil fuels.
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Certainly, there’s a lot more going on in the world that’s important, but not much that would be changed by my carrying on about it. But, for the sake of argument, I was glad to see that McCain came out victorious in all three primaries yesterday. I’m just not a Huckabee fan, because the issues that are most important to him are the ones we disagree about, and the ones I think the federal government has no business being involved in.<\/p>\n
Congress is spending valuable time today hearing (and all major news channels covering) steroid use in baseball. C’mon now, is that really the most important work to be done today on Capitol Hill?
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Maybe as I finish today’s square, I’ll think of something more engaging. But for the moment, I’m focused on hearth and home and the stuff I cannot talk about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Girlfriend called last night to ask if I’m waiting for the shuttle to land before I post again. Not intentionally, but the fact is that I’ve got a lot on my mind — little or none of which would be … Continue reading