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Rotten Teeth
Rotten Teeth

I had an hour and 45 minutes appointment with my dentist that left me shaking.

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Marge PiercyOctober 27, 2025Comment
Avoiding Oysterfest
Avoiding Oysterfest

Every year on the third weekend of October, our village of about 2000-plus year-rounders is host to 20,000 revelers.

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Marge PiercyOctober 19, 2025Comment
Two Sets of Corrections
Two Sets of Corrections

The copy-edited manuscript of THE HOUR OF MY DEATH arrived Saturday and I’ve been working on it full time all week.

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Marge PiercyOctober 14, 2025Comment
Tomatoes - So Long It's Been Good to Know Ya'
Tomatoes - So Long It's Been Good to Know Ya'

It has been the most wonderful, plentiful year of tomato growing ever for us.

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Marge PiercyOctober 4, 2025 Comment
Difficult Trip
Difficult Trip

On Wednesday, we drove five hours to the Noon Family Farm outside of Springvale, Maine.

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Marge PiercySeptember 30, 2025Comment
A Week at Once Quiet and Busy
A Week at Once Quiet and Busy

I finally got into my garden to weed and pick.

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Marge PiercySeptember 22, 2025Comment
The Book Goes Off to the Publisher!
The Book Goes Off to the Publisher!

A couple of people wondered if something was wrong with me, since I didn’t write a bog last week.

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Marge PiercySeptember 15, 2025Comment
Shaman Has Always Insisted He Was the Perfect Cat
Shaman Has Always Insisted He Was the Perfect Cat

Shaman went to the vet Thursday for his annual checkup.

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Marge PiercyAugust 30, 2025Comment
The Garden Giveth...and The Garden Taketh a LOT of Work
The Garden Giveth...and The Garden Taketh a LOT of Work

Processing the harvest is consuming much of our time.

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Marge PiercyAugust 24, 2025Comment
Be Careful What You Wish For
Be Careful What You Wish For

We are being happily inundated by tomatoes and beans.

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Marge PiercyAugust 11, 2025Comment
Getting Overwhelmed
Getting Overwhelmed

I have noticed lately in ads trying to sell body deodorants that corporations are trying to convince women our vaginas stink…

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Marge PiercyAugust 3, 2025Comment
The Garden Gives and We Take
The Garden Gives and We Take

I invented an eggplant dish last night.

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Marge PiercyJuly 26, 2025Comment
Heat and Mice
Heat and Mice

The cats are frustrated. A climbing mouse got inside.

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Marge PiercyJuly 21, 2025Comment
Who Is Actually in Charge?
Who Is Actually in Charge?

We try to train cats; cats succeed far better at training us.

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Marge PiercyJuly 14, 2025Comment
The Zucchinis Are Coming, The Zucchinis Are Coming!
The Zucchinis Are Coming, The Zucchinis Are Coming!

While it was too hot to get outside, the zucchini took off and some of them got huge in three days.

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Marge PiercyJune 30, 2025Comment
A Shot of Trouble
A Shot of Trouble

We didn’t get the extreme heat that much of Massachusetts suffered. Yet!

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Marge PiercyJune 23, 2025Comment
The Repairs, The Veggies, and the Ticks
The Repairs, The Veggies, and the Ticks

Unbelievable. We are overrun with deer ticks.

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Marge PiercyJune 16, 2025Comment
Happy Anniversary to Us
Happy Anniversary to Us

This was our 49th from the time we got together.

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Marge PiercyJune 9, 2025 Comment
The Joys of Rhubarb - And Having an Old House
The Joys of Rhubarb - And Having an Old House

We’ve been without a dishwasher for almost two weeks.

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Marge PiercyJune 2, 2025 Comment
Cool Weather? We Persist!
Cool Weather? We Persist!

This week has been uncommonly cool in New England – May seldom gets daytime 40s.

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Marge PiercyMay 26, 2025 Comments
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