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Frosty mornings here since Sunday.Yesterday the juncoes arrived. They weren't here on Sunday, but Monday morning they were all over the yard and especially under the bird feeders I hung on Sunday.Occasionally I'll see a junco try to land on the feeder, but it's never successful. Does anyone know of a feeder type that a junco could use?Fall colors are the best in years an article in the newspaper

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In no particular order  here are some photographs taken recently.First or second fire in the woodstove.Earlier this Fall at local cemetery.Looking out at our neighbors lawn and trees.Across the Green. Township crew has come at least twice to rake and vacuum leaves from these trees.Thursday's garden chores - almost last ones for this year.Day lily bed before.After.  There is so much

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This day trip went a lot better than the last one - see post!I've had on my travel list a trip to the Bookmill in Massachusetts.  I'd read about it in Yankee Magazine ages ago.  It's a used book store in an old mill.Wednesday was the day to go.  Weather was going to be fine.  Leaves would be gorgeous.  There was even a place to have lunch in the mill.We entered across the

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 I've been busy on this rainy Tuesday....... making Christmas cards.  I'll stamp the message inside at another date.These are all the same pattern, I just used the variety of Christmas papers I had.  Some were newly purchased from Stampin Up this year but most are from years past.Another craft I've recently started is a counted cross stitch for one of the granddaughters.  I

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 I probably watch or read too much news.  In the morning after Connections, Strands and usually Wordle, I read the headlines in the NY Times and sometimes listen to the audio of What's Happening with Tracy Mumford.I read The Contrarian daily, Heather Cox Richardson whenever a new newsletter arrives in my email box as well as NPR News and Scott Dworkin.I'm getting tons of requests

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Trump: the Whining, Weak Wimp🚨 26 Days to the Midterms 🚨JENNIFER RUBINOCT 8 READ IN APP Donald Trump melted down when the New York Times reported that his Ohio rally arena was sparsely attended. He insisted that attendees “migrate down” to lower seats! Of course, he meant to fill empty seats, but his dilapidated logic was dwarfed by the sheer hysteria and venom of receiving such a sad

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Blogger is giving me gobbledegook when I try to go to many of the blogs I have listed on my sidebar.***Tuesday was a real blue sky day.But our first frost was in the forecast for Tuesday night.Here's Wednesday morning.  Temp was 31º.In preparation for winter Dan has removed our chairs and side tables.More leaves have fallen from the maple trees.Before frostAfterBeforeAfterI didn't take a

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Words & Phrases: A Crazy Rant Isn’t a ‘Speech’ or an ‘Interview’🚨 28 Days to the Midterms 🚨JENNIFER RUBINOCT 6 READ IN APP Donald Trump’s political toxicity, rampant illegality, and utter incompetence should not obscure a bigger worry: namely, that he is stone-cold nuts. Yet the legacy media continue to use language to describe his “speeches” as ordinary political addresses and “

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 We joined the leaf peepers on Sunday to check out the leaf colors in Vermont.  Our destination was Brookfield, Vt for a craft/farmers market with lunch options, at least that's what the notice said in a local online newsletter.  It sounded promising and we knew the drive northwest on Interstate 89 would be gorgeous.  The route has spectacular views of the Green Mountains to

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 Please, Mr. President, Campaign For My Republican Opponent!🚨 29 Days to the Midterms 🚨JENNIFER RUBINOCT 5 READ IN APP The horrendous September jobs numbers — only 29,000 new jobs (a fraction of the 84,000 expected) and unemployment up to 4.2% — tell only part of the story. With downward revisions, the economy actually lost 10,000 jobs in July and added just 133,000, not 162,000,

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The maples are putting on a display here and it's only October 1st.My iPhone camera just doesn't capture what I see on this hill behind our house. Have you ever had a lost day? Mine was Wednesday.  By Sunday night I knew I'd caught the cold that Dan and Emily and family had, but I thought I could beat it with my lime juice and honey hot tea.  I also started taking the cold

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 Thursday I had a package on the front porch that I didn't recognize. I opened it and lo and behold it was the 100 postcards I signed up to write a note on for Moms Rising.  All my 100 postcards are addressed to women in North Carolina.  I hope I can inspire them to vote.I blanked out the names and addresses.Anyone else get these in the mail?*****Here are some scenes from the

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 Americans of Conscience published some actions that need doing.I've done both.  Can you do them too, please?This Week’s ActionsAction 1: Time sensitive: Before September 28, defend due process rights for people seeking safety.Time to complete: Less than 5 minutesJoin the 39 Americans of Conscience who have completed this action by checking the tally box!I took this action!I took this

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 Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for moreFour Changes to Help the White House Press Recover Its Spine🚨41 Days to the Midterms🚨JENNIFER RUBINSEP 23 READ IN APP Donald Trump’s unconstitutional temper tantrum in ejecting CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House — which prompted the outlets to file suitMonday — underscores his late-stage deterioration into decrepitude and

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 My 100 postcards came today!Did you get yours?

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    A store that sells new husbands has opened in Toronto , where a womanmay go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance isa description of how the store operates: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the valueof the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. Theshopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may

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 Saturday we traveled with friends to our first Sottish Festival held in Lincoln, NH at Loon Mountain Resort.  It was the 51st festival. Our friends have attended many times, so not knowing what to expect we told them we would follow their lead.We headed first to the Parade Square where the opening ceremony and massed bagpipe bands were assembling.  From there we went to see a

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 Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for moreUNDAUNTED: Take The Wins🚨46 Days to the Midterms🚨JENNIFER RUBINSEP 18 READ IN APP Sometimes, it is hard for pro-democracy forces to take “yes” for an answer. Wary of “crediting” the egregiously partisan U.S. Supreme Court majority with any principled ruling, and conditioned to expect another assault on democracy, many Democrats

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 I signed up for substack newsletter by Scott Dworkin.Check it out HERE.*****First apple pie of the season.  A big hit with our friends in Swampscott, MA who we visited last week.We met Alison and Steve our our Greek trip.They took us to Marblehead for a history tour of an old house once owned by Jeremiah Lee.  Here's looking across the cove to Marblehead's downtown.In the

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 Have you seen the YouTube interview of Senate candidate James Talarico that Jimmy Kimmel did?Worth watching.HERE

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A screen shot of just three of the blogs I like to read showing they haven't had any new posts for several days.  Except that isn't true if I click on the blog title.Why can't Blogger correct this problem? 

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I haven't posted this one in sometime, but with mid terms happening soon here are actions to take.  I've done the first three already this morning. Americans of Conscience ChecklistSeptember 11, 2026 Open this week’s Checklist to join us in taking action for democracy, justice, and kindness, then pause to recharge with our latest list of Good News. In this week’s message from Jen

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 Subject: Send a letter 👉 Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite GiveawayBlogging Friends in the USA,Yosemite is public land. It does not belong to a developer.The Trump regime is working on a deal that would transfer a strip of Yosemite National Park to Kingsbarn Realty Capital, a private firm that wants to cut a road through parkland to reach an 83-acre project just outside the

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 Have you ever had one?Sunday for a family dinner I made a Huguenot Torte from Stephen Colbert's cookbook, "Does This Taste Funny?"  I had made this once before after having it at the Cookbook Club dinner in the spring.The recipe calls for one large granny smith apple but I had three small pears just ripe that I decided to substitute for the apple.  I sliced them up and placed them

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 Labor Day Is More Essential Than Ever57 Days to the MidtermsJENNIFER RUBINSEP 7 READ IN APP Two key court decisionsThe Trump regime suffered two major legal defeats on Friday.First, District Judge Indira Talwani in Massachusetts issued a 49-page preliminary injunction (replacing her temporary restraining order) to block the Trump regime’s hastily thrown together scheme to enlist

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