Wow! Did we get some snow here in Philadelphia this past week or what?!? The total snow fall from Friday, 05 February through to Thursday, 11 February was something like four to five feet! Although the snowstorm was worse elsewhere (particularly in Washington, D.C.), it still managed to set a new record locally.
Having grown [...]

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I am not a big fan of clothes shopping. Yet, from time to time, I am required to pick up some new clothes as the old ones wear out. As a shopper, I enjoy a bargain as much as the next guy. But when I was out last week, I found what was probably my [...]

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When I came downstairs this morning, I was saddened to see that a dear friend has passed in the middle of the night. Although I did not hear the crash that was her demise, she must have fallen from the dish-drying rack and crashed the counter top below. To think of my dear cafetiere just [...]

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