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It’s Not Easy Being Green
On Christmas Day, more than a dozen years ago, a large, beautifully wrapped box from my daughter contained an unexpected surprise…a green...

Fern
7 days ago3 min read
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Tokens, Newspapers, Suits and Pumps
Gone are the days when an unintelligible torrent of words and garbled warnings were shouted incoherently at a random stop, prompting...

Fern
Jan 273 min read
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Snow and Memory and Make Believe Bagels
That morning I felt content as one can sometimes, with very little rhyme or reason. I even embraced the first snow of the season, as it...

Fern
Dec 16, 20242 min read
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Romeos
I waited at a light on 9W in Kingston, checking out the new businesses that had replaced the ‘gone’ ones, a frequent occurrence on this...

Fern
Jul 17, 20243 min read
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Back in 10 Minutes
You’ve probably seen at least one small, handprinted sign on the door of a retail shoppe in a quaint town, announcing “Back in 10...

Fern
Jun 29, 20242 min read
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I Feel Bad for Eric Fleming
Anytime I, or my partner JR says, “Let’s get rolling,” we tend to break out in a very offkey version of the song… “Rolling, rolling,...

Fern
Jun 9, 20233 min read
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Suzie Starrs
Recently I stumbled upon a neat podcast site: https://personplacething.org/. I’m a newbie to podcasts, though I don’t listen to them via...

Fern
Feb 8, 20234 min read
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Mushrooms and Memories
To blog or not to blog, that is the question. It is tempting for me to post a glut of photos, memories, maybe Christmases past, recent...

Fern
Dec 19, 20222 min read
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What to Write?
I could write about the book I’m forcing myself to read maybe I’m in over my head, but suffice to say, it’s not my area of interest, but...

Fern
Oct 16, 20223 min read
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My Wannabee Kimono
I’m wearing it now, the coolest thing to don in 92 degree heat, after a shower I used to call it a kimono, but that was a little high...

Fern
Aug 20, 20221 min read
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Searching for a Blog
I pushed out of the house this afternoon, sternly commanding myself “Out, out! Go out!” It didn’t matter where, but I needed a change of...

Fern
May 28, 20223 min read
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Museum Karma
A week ago or so, I was down in Tennessee visiting Glenn and Jenny and my granddogs, Rocket and Hank. Although I brought the darn snow...

Fern
Apr 5, 20222 min read
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Sealed for Protection
The Chap Stick package of three tubes was sealed thoroughly; clear plastic glued against cardboard (or as they say in retail,...

Fern
Jan 7, 20222 min read
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A Proustian Moment
Whenever I eat coffee yogurt I think of Nancy Guglielmo. Her desk was situated across the aisle from mine, and I can still see her long...

Fern
Nov 30, 20212 min read
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Chewing Lips on the CBE
Flashback Memory from March 2018 Long Islanders have commuter nerves of steel. Upstaters like me, not so much. A wall of eighteen...

Fern
Sep 19, 20213 min read
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Confession Time
The Setting: Julie’s Sweet Shop, College Point, NY Situated a few blocks from St. Agnes High School. The Time: 1965 It was an after...

Fern
Aug 28, 20214 min read
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Cars and Trucks and Things that Drive Me Crazy
When my son was little, Richard Scarry’s “Cars and Trucks and Things that Go” was his favorite book and bedtime was often a wild ride...

Fern
Jul 20, 20212 min read
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Redux and Rant
My May 5th blog, Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, apparently experienced a major snafu, and most of you never received it. No worries, just...

Fern
Jun 22, 20213 min read
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
It’s nothing I didn’t expect. Uh, oh, double negative. I expected it, yes I did. The paperwork given before commencing chemo treatments...

Fern
May 9, 20213 min read
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The Three W's
It didn't take long, after I emerged from my surgical stupor, to understand that the three W's were considered to be of primo concern to...

Fern
Apr 5, 20212 min read
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