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PROGRAMMING NOTE from the Author and Archivist


So obviously I just stopped blogging on this platform. I'll get back to it eventually. Or not. I'm taking a break from all social media. It seemed necessary for my mental health.

The last few years have been busy and … challenging:

- 2015 Happened.
- 2016 Let's call it The Lost Year. (Obviously words failed me.)
- 2017 about broke me. Literally. Mentally.
- 2018 was ridiculous, proving 2017 was just a warm up. (Good thing I was already broken so it couldn't hurt as much.#2018TrashCanFire I thought things were going okay, but maybe not?)

- 2019 was such a blur. I know there were highlights, but then stuff happened and carried into the next year...

- And then in March#2020 really took a turn. Who can even categorize 2020? Do we dare?


I kinda want a do-over of some of the last few years. But life doesn’t work that way.


So for now, I'm hunkering down. Regrouping. Trying to stay safe and sort some stuff out.


Stay safe everyone. Stay well.

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Monday, June 7, 2010

Song in My Heart

This is a retro-blog post, of sorts.

I was revisiting Caramoor again on Friday and finally remembered to stop by Paul's office and take a picture of the present I made for one of his important birthdays. We'd always know when Paul was on the property, or in a particularly odd frame of mind, when we would hear the lovely melody and words of the old Western song, Blood on the Saddle wafting through the air. (Click
here to hear Tex Ritter perform his rendition, which surely influenced Paul's performances.)

I don't know why I didn't take a picture of this crafty project when I made it, but I'm glad it's documented for posterity.

In the words of a MasterCard commercial:

Shadowbox frame, beaten to heck and then scorched on my stove $X.00
Making sure smoke detector in apartment works FREE

Stickers, twine, parchment, leather, matches $X.00

Glue gun and glue $0.00
Burnt Fingers FREE
Band-aids $0.00

Christmas Ornament in the shape of a saddle, boots, and spurs $X.00
Odd looks at the Western Wear store FREE

Hysterical laughter at birthday party, followed by years of enjoyment PRICELESS!

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