I recently took my cello in to the Loft Violin Shop in Columbus.  When I played a lot, I would take my cello in for a tune-up every other year.  I haven’t played much lately, and I’m sure it has been close to 15 years since I had her checked over.  Mom and I have …

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Tom and I spent some time last week finishing the scavenger hunt in Delaware County.  The weather was cold and there was plenty of snow, which made getting to a few places more of a challenge.  But we found all the places and all the clues and finished filling in the secret phrase. In Harlem …

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As I mentioned last week, Tom and I have been hunting for letters as part of the Delaware County Scavenger Hunt.  I don’t know who is in charge of public relations for the Preservation Parks of Delaware County, but they are doing a great job with their special programs. We continued hunting for letters in …

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Tom and I started our Delaware County Scavenger Hunt on one of the warmer days in January.  We wanted to get out and do something, see someplace new, anything different.  So starting the scavenger hunt was a good project for us.  We had the whole afternoon so we headed to the townships farthest away from …

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Tom and I have been working on the Delaware County Scavenger Hunt.  We have been trying to find interesting, socially distanced things to do.  The winter vortex has made this more difficult because we don’t feel like getting out much in the cold.  I get up and take my morning walk, and then I just …

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Delaware State Park in Delaware, Ohio, is like many of Ohio’s state parks.  It is a dammed body of water with the area around it set aside for recreation.  Tom and I recently visited Delaware State park as part of the Delaware County Scavenger Hunt, which I will write about more next week. Delaware State …

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Last week I tried making bagels for the first time.  Although I am an experienced baker, I had never tried bagels before.  And, although the ones I made were delicious, I may never make them again! Making bagels is pretty much like making bread except you have to use bread flour and there are a …

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Didn’t get enough warping yesterday?  Today I continue to go on (and on) about warping the Macomber Loom. Once I had the reed sleyed and the strings through the heddles I could tie on to the warping beam.  Then Tom helped me wind the warp onto the beam.  Tom had never wound the warp before …

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I finally got around to warping my big Macomber loom.  It had been sitting in the loom room looking intimidating since we brought it home in November.  Christmas gifts needed to be finished, so I managed to ignore it until the beginning of January.  But, with woven and knitted presents finished, it was time to …

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Now that I have a house again, I must confess that I’ve been acquiring some new kitchen gadgets.  There wasn’t room in the RV for many gadgets or things that I would only use occasionally.  Now that I have more room, kitchen gadgets are my greatest temptation. John and Jackie got me an electric griddle …

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