Beeker’s Words

She has a point. Most kids can’t find Vermont on a map.

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I don’t especially like the Ode to Marilyn photos that feature Lindsey Lohan. I fully expect to wake up one day and find the news dedicated to the loss of her tragic life.

The Green Party’s chances have not increased with Ralph Nader announcing his candidacy. Their top candidate, prior to his announcement, was Cynthia McKinney. […]

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Eva Cassidy was an American singer who was best known for her remakes of folk and pop classics. She died from cancer in 1996. Unfortunately her work did not receive much attention until after her death. You will love her voice!

Songbird
Live at Blues Alley

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The Katrina Cottages were mentioned in the NYT a few times over the past few years and I have fantasized about them since. Katrina Cottages are small, permanent dwellings that Andres Duany developed as an alternative to the FEMA trailer.  After Katrina, people needed a quick, inexpensive way to rebuild. Duany designed various floor plans […]

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These are things that my nieces, cousins, or friend’s children have said that I find hilarious. I wish I could have recorded them saying these for this list.
1. “I’m pooping in here.” (This takes complete silence and concentration.)
2. “Focus. Focus on me.” (As she snaps her fingers at her mom.)
3. “My favorite color is changing […]

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Pictures from my 2006 Scotland trip.

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I think my husband would have loved it if on our wedding day someone tapped him on the shoulder and said, “By the way, here is her operating manual.” My husband excels at reading manuals. When we play new board games, Pete is the guru of reading the directions and breaking it down into […]

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This personalized burp cloth set by The Plaid Giraffe is a really cool baby gift. The shop has a number of designs to suit different tastes!

Suck it up Cupcake, has been my personal mantra the last couple months and I was amazed to find it on this card by Porridge Papers.

I am a sucker for […]

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I started writing this blog because I was recovering from having emergency surgery to remove my gall bladder the week after Thanksgiving. I continued to blog because four weeks later, I fell down the stairs as I was chasing my sick cat who didn’t want to go to the vet. The cast has been removed […]

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How would you like to have this woman as your neighbor?

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