Month: April 2021

It occurred to me that, while most of us have not given more than seventy years of service to Queen and country, as did the late Duke of Edinburgh, there are elements of our lives that could and should rightfully be recognized.  To that end, I’ve taken the liberty to add titles and recognition to our dear friend, Lady Peacock, as she would be most appreciative and certainly in full expectation.

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I’m reusing most of a blog from two years ago, but it’s working again (the truly great stuff is ageless), because  I’m looking out the window and snow is again falling significantly from the sky.  We’re in mid April, and apparently Global Warming isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I thought last week, when it was warm and sunny,  “I’ll bring out the deck furniture”.  I had one fireplace log left over from the winter, so we had a fire in the fireplace this morning.  That’s just not normal. I did uncover some benches on the deck, but decided on a whim to wait for the rest.  Now, I’m rethinking getting the grill tank filled this weekend. Not going near that thing for a while. And, here we are, reliving the past . . . . .

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No, not globally or in large swaths of the economic sector.  Just a solemn announcement from the Princess during her recent visit.  “The service is declining in this establishment.”  Sad but true.  This came about when she’d asked about breakfast options and was told that Eggs Benedict and Crab Cakes were off the menu. (In fact, we’ve been out of Hollandaise sauce for quite some time.) This terse pronouncement came on the heels of the initial disappointment of the day that, as I got up early and drained the first pot of coffee, there wasn’t much left when she arose and made her grand entrance.  Her breakfast options were bagels, English muffins, or cereal.  She often has to make her own breakfast sandwiches, so there frequently isn’t a gratuity added to the check. But the cereal option is served promptly and always with a smile, although, as she pointed out, it was the “generic”, store brand raisin bran.  Life is full of let-downs.

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Have you noticed lately that scammers are becoming just a bit more assertive?  A little too demanding?  They plunge right in with personal information.  One particularly persistent one tells me that he’s responding to our inquiry with “the information we requested about back pain.”  As neither of us has solicited anything relating to back pain, it’s a little suspicious.  Perhaps overly bold might be a better term for what we’re now seeing.  

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