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About S.

Reader, writer, talker, knitter, picture taker, tennis player, music lover, Southerner.

In today’s exciting episode of Stump Susan

Posted on September 10, 2012 by S.

I’m getting my front yard dug up! To replace my water line! All the way from the street to the house!    

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One step forward…

Posted on September 9, 2012 by S.

So after all is said and done, more needs to be done. I’m living like a hoarder here. The things that belong in the closet are still all over the guest room bed and floor and my bedroom floor and … Continue reading →

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What it’s like

Posted on September 5, 2012 by S.

People keep telling me that I’m so lucky that it wasn’t worse, that I’m so strong and capable to manage and handle all this on my own. Every second of every day, I realize how close I was to losing … Continue reading →

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Not dead yet.

Posted on September 4, 2012 by S.

That fire? That one in my attic? It was Kind of a Big Deal. Actually, it was a really big deal. It wasn’t big in that I lost everything I own and my little dog too way, but as I … Continue reading →

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House on fire

Posted on August 22, 2012 by S.

Mine was, it turns out. On fire, I mean. I just didn’t know it until today. The extraction and exclusion men came to seal up anything that needed to be sealed (nothing except one burrow hole under the foundation) and … Continue reading →

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I hear the train a’comin’

Posted on August 19, 2012 by S.

So there’s a movement afoot to stop trains from blowing their horns. Which, in the first place, I have always known as whistles. But I’m digressing. What the people at stopthehorn.org want is for rail crossings to have is crossing … Continue reading →

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Things that go clink in the night

Posted on August 17, 2012 by S.

I thought I heard a clink in the wee hours, but I’m a vivid sleeper, so I ignored it. When the clock went off, I did what I always do and went in the kitchen and set the timer on … Continue reading →

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No guilt involved, no strings attached, no questions asked.

Posted on July 23, 2012 by S.

I’ve been in a few book clubs, book clubs that meet in person and somebody picks a book and we all read it and then meet in person again and there’s food and we all talk about the book we … Continue reading →

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Morgan & Justin

Posted on July 22, 2012 by S.

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The perfect gift

Posted on June 11, 2012 by S.

I spent a good portion of the weekend looking for the perfect birthday present for the perfect 8-year-old. I spent the weeks before the weekend trying to think of the perfect birthday present for the perfect 8-year-old. This time eight … Continue reading →

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