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Tag Archives: Massachusetts
Pilots N Paws (and flippers)
What an adventure we had this weekend! Well, to be honest, I had nothing to do with it, but not for lack of trying. It seems I’ve been displaced as my husband’s co-pilot by a stack of turtles. In Chiquita banana … Continue reading
50 States of Thanksgiving
Well, what do we think of the recent New York Times article on Thanksgiving dishes evocative of our fifty states? I don’t know….they seemed to be somewhat on track with the two states I’ve lived in as an adult, but they really went off … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Humor
Tagged Colorado, corn pudding, Grandma Helen, grape salad, Massachusetts, Minnesota, recipes, thanksgiving, Virginia
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Rosetta Stone: Massachusetts
There were no border guards or customs officials. I didn’t need a passport. But it was a foreign land….this Massachusetts, this little enclave of individualism in the homogeneous United States. We moved to Massachusetts the summer just before my junior … Continue reading
Posted in Random Ruminations
Tagged accents, high school, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Virginia
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