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A Follow-up on Several Fronts
First, the pears. I’m rather amazed at how reluctant these pears are to ripen. This picture was taken in early September, and you can see how green they remain: We’ve had tomatoes go from … more →
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A Follow-up on Several Fronts
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OmbudsBen wrote 2 months ago: First, the pears. I’m rather amazed at how reluctant these pears are to ripen. This picture wa … more →
Hitting the Road
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OmbudsBen wrote 4 months ago: They’re an odd trio now, clumped out on the curb, reminders of other times and incarnations, r … more →
A different pace
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OmbudsBen wrote 5 months ago: One of our favorite getaways is to go up to the “gold country” in the foothills of the S … more →
Disney Does the Zoo
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OmbudsBen wrote 8 months ago: I have a lot of ambivalence about animals in cages or pens. It’s born of childhood visits to C … more →
Glimpses of the Magic Kingdom
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OmbudsBen wrote 8 months ago: If you remember when the Wonderful World of Disney was on ABC on Sunday nights, then you also rememb … more →
Some Reflections on Disney
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OmbudsBen wrote 8 months ago: Disney seems to be an irony free zone. There is an immediacy to the experience here, a lack of ref … more →
Ernie as Jackrabbit Matador
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OmbudsBen wrote 10 months ago: We found jackrabbits this morning. There is nothing in Edie’s sweet young life quite as exciting … more →
Kwestions of a Digi Qlutz
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OmbudsBen wrote 11 months ago: I’m looking at my new Canon EOS XTi. I’ve stopped procrastinating about buying a digital SLR camera … more →
Dis Order out of Randomness
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OmbudsBen wrote 1 year ago: Tagged again, or memed, as Amuirin put it. Meme is one of those slippery weords for me which I have … more →
Fallingwater
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OmbudsBen wrote 1 year ago: On our last full day in western Pennsylvania, we drove southeast of Pittsburgh down to Fallingwater, … more →
Visiting Pittsburgh
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OmbudsBen wrote 1 year ago: We spent four days in Pittsburgh this month, not a lot of time to get to know a city well, but eno … more →
Bamboozled - part one
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OmbudsBen wrote 1 year ago: I am going to write to you about bamboo, and what is entailed in its removal. This is part of why I’ … more →
the full-on cold-water blast on a hot afternoon
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OmbudsBen wrote 1 year ago: Long ago we played a game whereby one kid had the hose with the spray attachment and the other kid t … more →
The Visit of an Old Friend
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OmbudsBen wrote 1 year ago: It becomes a question of identity. Live long enough and you get to feel as if you’ve survived … more →
Akron Car Theft & Brake Repair
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OmbudsBen wrote 1 year ago: I’m not sure why this story stays with me. It isn’t just the stealing. I guess it’s that the t … more →
Happy Winter Solstice
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OmbudsBen wrote 1 year ago: I’m going to go have a beer this evening with my friend Brian to celebrate the solstice. We generall … more →
The Myth Around the Christmas Myth
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OmbudsBen wrote 1 year ago: Once upon a time sleighs were practical conveyances in wintertime. Horse-drawn wagons were impractic … more →
Destinations and homes
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OmbudsBen wrote 2 years ago: ybonesy of redRavine had a post the other day about seatmates on airlines. Toward the end, it remind … more →
It's nice to make new friends
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OmbudsBen wrote 2 years ago: While visiting Paul and Kathy in Minnesota, good friends I’ve known a long time, I also got to … more →
