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The wonderful woman who cleaned my house had to quit because of health problems.  I miss her. In her absence I have decided to be my own house cleaner. All well and good but there is a  factor in retirement  ---  the thought that  “I can do that tomorrow”.  Retirement is a friend of procrastinators! On the upside  I  have decided that I should not procrastinate on house cleaning. So I am tackling one room a day. That makes it easy. On the downside , now that I am the cleaner my “house proud tendencies” and perfectionism is  re-emerging. Some of that is O.K.   I decided on Tuesday last to wash my bedroom, bathroom and kitchen cabinet doors.  I hadn't realised how dirty they had become (they were not part of my house cleaner’s responsibilities). Murphy’s Oil Soap did the trick. On the other hand I tend to see dust and dirt everywhere, and I have “to keep a nice house” after all! I have l...

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I heard second hand that one of my Massachusetts readers loves my rants.  Of course I like writing them, but I have not ranted since October 30th (the day I voted).  More than enough has been said by others So this is not a rant. ---------------------------------------------------------- As I walked out for the second time this morning (hooray for the end of daylight savings time, and for cooler weather) my pal Bill drove by, just as I was greeting Dominic, another walker. With the election result in mind I gave Bill a big “thumbs up” which he reciprocated, even as he grinned from ear to ear. I know nothing about Dominic’s political convictions, so I said “Bill and I are both members of the Democratic Party and we are pleased about the election”. Dominic responded “did Obama win?” “Yes” I said. Then Dom danced a little jig.  He went on to say that he had not watched T.V. last night because his anxiety levels goes up and up whilst watching the results. ...

CADILLAC/FORD One of my regular readers pointed out that the "Big Ole Ford" in my pictures from the Auto Show (see yesterday) was in fact a "Big Ole Cadillac".  Good spot! By the way - I had vague memories of reading about Auburn Cars, but had never before seen one. Handsome little auto eh? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD (1) Another  regular reader was a bit distressed to see the photo' of the pig on a spit. I think it wise not to tell her about an experience I had when visiting Greece in 1999 with my friend Michael Vono  (now Bishop of the Rio Grande). We were in Delphi (home of the ancient gods [they  were much more exciting than our Jewish/Christian/Muslim God])  (lol) Our fabulous tour guide reminded us that it was April 23rd (St. George's Day). This Englishman did not need the reminder -  as "St. George" is also  the English patron saint. The tour guide tol...

1936 Auburn 1959 FIAT Behemoth Chevy Big ole Ford Bruuum!  Old Corvette  Ford Ice Cream Truck 1 Ford Ice Cream Truck 2 Gleaming Chevy Chevy? Pig on a spit. 'Twill be "pulled pork' later in the day

Yesterday a Chalk Festival. Today a Car Show. Here are some of the British Cars I saw this morning.  (I'll post American Cars tomorrow.) 1949 Jaguar Add caption Another Morgan Plus 8 Jag MG Another MG Morris Van Triumph When a Rolls wasa Rolls