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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Ben Sollee: Kentucky Summers Sound Like This

07.13.11 Posted in Misc., Music

Kentucky Summers sound like this. I love the first song he plays called Hurting. Ben is one of those talented, positive Kentuckians who make us all proud of home. Our Kentucky summer looks a little like this these days:

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Summer To Do List

07.10.11 Posted in Art, Books, children

Crossed off of our Summer To-Do list so far: we’ve had sundaes, a trip to the Drive-In, a sprinkler run, pool time, park visits, dinners on the screened-in porch most nights, catching lightening bugs only to let them go, grilling out, and farmer’s market fruits and veggies. In between has been a very busy time...

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Just Add Baby

07.04.11 Posted in Misc.

My daughter (6) looked at the finished crib and said, with a hand on her hip, “I am just not going to be happy until there is a baby in that crib.”

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“I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family, and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter of February 1788

07.04.11 Posted in Books

Writing you from here today. I’m still finding homes for things in the new shelves, but it’s nice to have just the keyboard and some pencils in a cup that my sister made for me. I’ve been reading What There Is To Say We Have Said: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and William Maxwell edited...

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