Category Archives: Family

THE GRUMPY ROOM

Posted on June 24, 2011 by snowbirdredux

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS – ESTABLISH ONE SMALL SPACE OF COMFORT AND SERENITY. A place where we can sink into our comfy chairs and read, a place of refuge from the chaos of remodeling hell so there is at least … Continue reading →

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LONGINGS

Posted on June 18, 2011 by snowbirdredux

I would have to rate the too early death of my father as the single most influential, definitive happening of my life.  I was eight and it was just after the Great War, as they now call it, and one … Continue reading →

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FENG SHUI AND GOOD SOIL

Posted on June 17, 2011 by snowbirdredux

Is it just me, or does this NOT look like a welcoming entry?  In fact, it was weeks before I realized that there was indeed an entry stairway at all.  And I’m sure that it might never ever be used, … Continue reading →

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JOHAN’S PEONIES

Posted on June 14, 2011 by snowbirdredux

In an earlier post last March I wrote of Johan’s Journey, the story of my maternal grandfather who came to this country as a little boy from the island of Skarvik on the far north Salangen Fjord of Norway.  He … Continue reading →

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GIFTS

Posted on June 11, 2011 by snowbirdredux

It is unusual for me to get a delivery from UPS, but TWO IN ONE DAY!  I feel blessed today. After the squirrels destroyed my hammock at Castenada Lane, I decided that I needed to gift myself for Mr. Faith.  … Continue reading →

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SYNCHRONICITY

Posted on June 9, 2011 by snowbirdredux

I suppose everyone has experienced one of those moments when they were thinking about someone just as the phone rang and that very person was  on the line. That’s a common occurrance I’ll bet.    I know it happens to me … Continue reading →

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MIDWEST MEMORIAL

Posted on May 31, 2011 by snowbirdredux

We woke in the night to explosions in the sky and Big Bang Minnesota Thunder, so it was at first a bit iffy as to whether the skies would cooperate for the gathering at the Lower Wild Rice and Red … Continue reading →

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COUNTDOWN

Posted on May 16, 2011 by snowbirdredux

THE GARAGE SALE IS OVER! And enough of that.  We sold NOT enough but it will help to pay for the moving expenses.  Unfortunately we have a big job taking everything that was rejected  to the thrift store.  “Come In … Continue reading →

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ALMOST THERE

Posted on May 14, 2011 by snowbirdredux

Today I re-displayed the garage sale stuff.  I know, I know, you’re supposed to plunk out the goods – higgely piggely, and what does it matter?  Well it matters to me.  My job description at the Post Ranch Mercantile did … Continue reading →

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SALAD

Posted on May 10, 2011 by snowbirdredux

SALAD Turns out that Salad comes from the Latin “salata” from sal or “salty” and that was first likely a part of the cuisine in the 14th century.  Then Shakespeare in 1606 mentioned one’s “salad days” as a time of … Continue reading →

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