Tag: darjeeling
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May 09, 2007 08:10 AM EDT --
Tea Time: A Lovely Pot of Tea
(c) Dorine S. Houston, 2007
Queen Elizabeth II is said to love Earl Grey best; a friend of mine who lives north of London in Milton Keynes drives a bit to the . . . more
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May 09, 2007 08:17 AM EDT --
Tea Time: Afternoon Tea
Tea time evokes for Americans the daintiest of English repasts, the afternoon tea. Americans who have read novelists from Jane Austen to John Le Carre have cucumber . . . more
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May 23, 2008 08:29 AM EDT --
Those of you that read our article on the Sagas yesterday may have noted that I mentioned that my new mower was being delivered that afternoon. Those words, innocent as they seem, cannot begin to portend . . . more
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May 24, 2008 07:07 AM EDT --
3:30AM
Ah, today we need not get on any equipage, due to weather, it looks like. We're sitting here in some rather severe stuff, about three-thirty AM, after waking on the couch with . . . more
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May 25, 2008 01:46 PM EDT --
Those of you that saw my notice of no saga today, well,... there wouldn't have been, except there's a river between Grandma and I and where we wanted to go in Nebraska that is, as we speak, overflowing . . . more
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May 26, 2008 08:02 AM EDT --
The Budster and I sat through another round of scary weather last night, and dodged the big bullets, once again. I am going to have to relearn my Spring behavior if the past few years are now going to . . . more
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May 30, 2008 08:50 AM EDT --
Before I start on this photo journey, you may notice a minimal presence of the Budster, and if so, may I invite you to go to my photo stash here , and trip through a seven picture mini photo story of . . . more
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June 01, 2008 10:41 AM EDT --
Today, continuing our day tour of local sources of calming natural beauty, we will go to a small lake, high in the Blue Hills above the river valley, and Rocky Ford , that you have already seen, below . . . more
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June 08, 2008 09:12 AM EDT --
06/08/08
This is going to be another off the top of my head saga this morning, as I really haven't thought about a subject or theme. One thing I can tell you about is the heat. . . . more
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June 09, 2008 07:50 AM EDT --
06/09/08
Well, life with Buddy just became life with Buddy and Speedwell, Speedy, or Speed for short. World, Speed, Speedy, world. There is a dual meaning to that name, beyond the obvious, . . . more
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June 11, 2008 09:21 AM EDT --
06/11/08 3:45AM
OK, this morning it was Buddy's turn to attempt to drive me crazy. After finally getting Speed to shut up and go to sleep last night, or tonight, as it actually still . . . more
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June 12, 2008 08:56 AM EDT --
06/12/08
I know I said no saga today, but I'm just going to post my comment from 2:45 this morning on yesterday's saga, to let people know we're alright, and the sketchy details . . . more
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June 18, 2008 08:11 AM EDT --
06/18/08
Buddy's Vet says he's coming along fine, so far, and after giving him physical therapy, had him walking on the leg, or I should say, limping on it. He's been giving . . . more
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May 28, 2008 08:29 AM EDT --
I'm still not used to this new keyboard on the new notebook. I keep hitting the cap lock when I go to type an A, and then have to go back and retype everything back to it, damn it. Not a big fan of . . . more
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June 02, 2008 05:52 AM EDT --
06/02/08
Today we are out of good pictures, so we're stuck with the typed word, once again. The word today is shaveage, and it's Buddy that is getting one. He is soooo hot, in the . . . more
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June 06, 2008 09:26 AM EDT --
This sorry tale started innocently enough, with the Budster and I happily ensconced on our generously upholstered couch, in the living room of the three acre rancho, watching TV. Well, maybe we might have . . . more
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June 07, 2008 10:18 AM EDT --
OK, I'm winging this one off the top of my head, here. I admit to, GASP! mostly living in real life, yesterday, getting the mowing out of the way, etc., and not doing, or even thinking about doing, . . . more
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June 10, 2008 10:28 PM EDT --
06/10/08
OK, we had a few setbacks and sidetracks today, and we didn't get anything written till now. As I write this, Speed is halfway up my pant leg for the thousandth time today. . . . more
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June 13, 2008 09:24 AM EDT --
Tomorrow morning (today, for you reading this) I will be picking the Budster up from the vet's. They chose to keep him overnight, and I'm truly praying that isn't an omen, and that nothing . . . more
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June 16, 2008 09:51 AM EDT --
The last thing I remembered was Jack Herkeimer telling me about sun -day or some such crap, and the next, I was fourteen again, had just dropped a couple hits of acid, I was in Tim Doolin's VW, the . . . more
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