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https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2012/01/stories-from-our-office.html Cup on the Bus: Stories from our office I was at a pretty little show at an upscale mall in an upscale Pennsylvania suburb. All the exhibitor vans were parked in the designated... cup on the busfrom ourstoriesoffice https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2016/08/are-we-getting-close.html Cup on the Bus: Are we getting close? This is my house for sale. More than thirty showings, some questions (monthly utilities, that kind of thing), no offers yet. This house ... cup on the busgettingclose https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2011/08/ Cup on the Bus: August 2011 cup on the busaugust https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2023/09/waiting-for-dinner.html Cup on the Bus: Waiting for dinner For lunch I had a banana and a dish of coffee cookies and cream ice cream. The latter was wonderful and a banana is generally OK. Neverthe... cup on the buswaiting fordinner https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2011/11/very-white-thanksgiving.html Cup on the Bus: The very white Thanksgiving In our family we remembered the Thanksgiving of 1950 as the year Grandma Rolf wore her spring coat and stayed a week. She arrived the day ... cup on the buswhitethanksgiving https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2017/06/short-changed.html Cup on the Bus: Short changed At the rehab hospital, I was fitted with a leg brace to correct my right foot drop, a major cause of tripping. A fellow came in, plast... cup on the busshortchanged https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2018/12/eighty-at-d.html Cup on the Bus: Eighty at D Laura is taking finals this week, Friday we go by plane to Wisconsin for Christmas, and this morning I put a number of towels into the ma... cup on the buseighty https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2012/01/other-side-of-mountain.html Cup on the Bus: The other side of the mountain Mom was a vacation improviser. If there was a river across our route she scoured the map for a ferry crossing. If it only took us a da... cup on the busother sidemountain https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2021/09/momentum.html Cup on the Bus: Momentum! Moving house is exhausting work! Making it what I think will work, even more tiring. Picking up where I believe I left off, Beth and I went ... cup on the busmomentum https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2013/08/peepers-crickets-frogs-and-other-things.html Cup on the Bus: Peepers, crickets, frogs and other things that make noise in the night We live in the woods, with a little creek at the bottom of the ravine behind the house, and only half a mile from a highway. There are a... cup on the bus https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2025/04/ Cup on the Bus: April 2025 cup on the busapril https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2013/10/pumpkin-protection-program-graduates.html Cup on the Bus: Pumpkin Protection Program Graduates In case we've forgotten, The fill dirt bin pumpkins: Found a place to grow, and did. The road super thought they were perfe... cup on the busprotection programpumpkingraduates https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-fine-bazaar.html Cup on the Bus: A fine Bazaar For a couple of weeks I have passed the demure sign on the left, announcing the Community Christmas Bazaar to be held today, at our tow... cup on the busfinebazaar https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2020/11/it-all-straightens-out.html Cup on the Bus: It all straightens out I went out first thing this morning for blood work, got home before noon, and checked results again, before lunch. Still counting. That is... cup on the bus https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2016/07/ Cup on the Bus: July 2016 cup on the busjuly https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2014/03/belly-shots.html Cup on the Bus: Belly shots This winter has been so long and mean, I said I would go to the ground For belly shots of new growth. Crocus! This is for Ja... cup on the busbellyshots https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2016/11/home.html Cup on the Bus: Home This Google Earth image was taken in June of this year, the month before I moved in. When I called the trash company for service, the rep... cup on the bus https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2024/10/twenty-days.html Cup on the Bus: Twenty days... Hard to believe it's more than two weeks since I've posted. I left you with the new warp wound on and ready to tie on. This past week I fina... cup on the bustwentydays https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-beautiful-day-today.html Cup on the Bus: A beautiful day today Total sunshine today. I took a new header picture of the corkscrew willow, without broody grey background weather. Another hard ... cup on the busa beautiful daytoday https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2018/04/postcards-from-peninsula.html Cup on the Bus: Postcards from Peninsula We here are mostly un-young; have a life time of experience to check back on. I think each of us can remember incidents where lives bump... cup on the buspostcards frompeninsula https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2016/11/perimeter-patrol.html Cup on the Bus: Perimeter patrol My cat ownership goes back to my college days, and I've never permitted a cat on a counter. At the old house some cats were hell bent on ... cup on the busperimeterpatrol https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2017/06/cat-comfort.html Cup on the Bus: Cat comfort Toby, the cat, cares more for Laura than for me. He sleeps in her bed at night, at her shoulders. If she shuts him out, he sleeps outside... cup on the buscatcomfort https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2022/05/ Cup on the Bus: May 2022 cup on the busmay https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-couple-of-weeks-in-review.html Cup on the Bus: A couple of weeks in review! I suppose it's to be expected in an old folk's home, but it's still taking me by surprise. There are some really old people here. Audra tu... cup on the busa coupleweeksreview https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2016/05/mandevillas-and-sandles.html Cup on the Bus: Mandevillas and sandles This morning Laura and I liberated these three mandevillas from the nursery. We brought up the hanging basket frames from the laundr... cup on the bussandles https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2012/10/ Cup on the Bus: October 2012 cup on the busoctober https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2016/05/too-hot-for-may-but-not-for-flowerrs.html Cup on the Bus: Too hot for May, but not for flowers It was so cold for so long, most flowers curled in their toes and waited. Now the white mandevilla has dropped the first round of blooms ... cup on the bustoo hot https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2019/10/another-week-off-to-decent-start.html Cup on the Bus: Another week off to a decent start I saw yesterday how close we are to the next election. When I went to play cards, the election day dinner already is advertised. November 3... cup on the busanother week https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2012/01/pasha-and-goose.html Cup on the Bus: Pasha and the goose There always were multiple cats at our house. Even when we swore to NoToe there would be no other cats in his life time, there was Purrl, ... cup on the buspashagoose https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2018/02/no-school-today-five-inches-of-snow-how.html Cup on the Bus: Serendipity No school today Five inches of snow How fortunate I need to leave shortly, for the damn EEG Now she's gone to... cup on the busserendipity https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2022/06/hello-again.html Cup on the Bus: Hello again I feel it's been a month since I last posted, but it's only been three or four days. My brain and shoulders continue to sag under the sadnes... cup on the bushello https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2018/12/brexit-and-brump.html Cup on the Bus: Brexit and Brump Current events have me re-reading World War II memoirs, notes, analysis, I think for the purpose of strengthening in my mi... cup on the busbrexit https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2021/01/adventures.html Cup on the Bus: Adventures When I was a new driver, my mother once told me everyone else just goes out to the store, but "you go out for an adventure". That comes to... cup on the busadventures https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2012/01/ Cup on the Bus: January 2012 cup on the busjanuary https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2020/01/ Cup on the Bus: January 2020 cup on the busjanuary https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2021/10/needs-must.html Cup on the Bus: Needs must Been away a long time, it feels. Back now, and working up to a hundred percent. Had that long needled shot Monday afternoon; slept a lot sin... cup on the busneedsmust https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2011/09/laura-neillie-my-chronicle-march-18_25.html Cup on the Bus: LAURA NEILLIE, MY CHRONICLE. MARCH 18, 1981 - POST 2 Sunday was church day. My grandfather had bought a big old Overland auto which he never learned to drive. The older boys took turns driv... cup on the bus https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2015/05/standing-in-place-not-moving.html Cup on the Bus: Standing in place, not moving Elaine, at A Woodland Journal , used to find fairy trees. Trees with tiny doors, for fairies. I pass this tree often, and... cup on the busin placestandingmoving https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2019/08/faint-hope.html Cup on the Bus: Faint hope I'm worn out today. I started the day with the grocery store. I get up early enough to start my days early, but out and about still is a low... cup on the busfainthope https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2018/10/diminishing-responsibility.html Cup on the Bus: Diminishing responsibility I started this blog so many years ago. I wanted to write of my family history, so I put together the rudiments of the craft and started... cup on the busdiminishingresponsibility https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-toast-to-deb-founder-of-mystery.html Cup on the Bus: A toast to Deb, the founder of the mystery Last night a text from Deb: Salpiglosis! Now why didn't we think of that? She bought the seeds and planted them last year. Here they are, a... cup on the busa toast https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2014/08/last-look.html Cup on the Bus: Last look Back to reality today, with a crash. I find the mean spirits have transcended to ludicrous, which I find preferable. But sorting out my pict... cup on the buslastlook https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2021/07/toby-leaves-home.html Cup on the Bus: Toby leaves home Toby just left, on Laura's lap, bound for Becca's apartment. Becca is my oldest grandchild, the first, born on the last day of September, al... cup on the bustobyleaves https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2016/02/lunch-with-ruth.html Cup on the Bus: Lunch with Ruth Ruth, my daughter's trophy mother-in-law, and I went to lunch at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens last Friday. I stopped to admire Melvin's ... cup on the buslunchruth https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2021/07/im-down-to-nub.html Cup on the Bus: I'm down to a nub It began the usual Monday morning. I was out watering my flowers and enjoying them as much as I can. I think they know I put off moving unti... cup on the busi mnub https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2018/02/planning-planning.html Cup on the Bus: Planning, planning I feel like a chapter in Canterbury Tales. The director of an episode. I have two characters, some dates, a route and a destination shrin... cup on the busplanning https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2017/06/neighborhood-news.html Cup on the Bus: Neighborhood News You know that I like my house, I like my garden, I like my neighbors. It's a good place to live. Here is the afternoon shadow of m... cup on the busneighborhoodnews https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2012/05/ Cup on the Bus: May 2012 cup on the busmay https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2021/10/some-history.html Cup on the Bus: Some history My sister and I began weaving about the same time, in the early eighties. In a short time we had more than we could give away, and began exh... cup on the bushistory https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2013/12/just-sprinkling-now.html Cup on the Bus: Just sprinkling now FORECAST: Rain off and on today. Flood warnings continue. This is the lower lake at the golf course. The trees belong on dry ... cup on the bussprinkling https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2014/05/sunday-morning-in-boston.html Cup on the Bus: Sunday morning in Boston I passed the three hours this morning that Hamilton was in church on Wetmore Road, where there is almost nothing, and Bath Road, where there... cup on the bussunday morningboston https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2018/03/one-eighty-five-mystery.html Cup on the Bus: One eighty five mystery My blog has been here since 2011, when I brought Toby home from Pittsburgh. I need it to remember how old he is, without calling the ... cup on the busone eightyfivemystery https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2016/11/run-around-run-around-i-run-around.html Cup on the Bus: Run around, run around, I run around A week ago I said to a mother new to the neighborhood, a child in marching band means you are married to the band from mid July until the fo... cup on the busrun around https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2013/01/show-story.html Cup on the Bus: Show story I wish I could recall more of the stories I brought back from road trips years ago. Recently someone did remind me of this story. T... cup on the busshowstory https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2014/08/like-valiant-little-tailor-three-with.html Cup on the Bus: Like the valiant little tailor, three with one blow Camera in hand I left after lunch to take some pictures for my Boston Pictures page on the township website. What with my mean-spirited a... cup on the bus https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2023/05/kittys-no-good-bad-terribly-horrid-day.html Cup on the Bus: Kitty's no good, bad, terribly horrid day I wrote the title of today's blog yesterday evening, before I even began to read the blogs. In the event Kitty was her old self today, I ce... cup on the bus https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-end-of-era.html Cup on the Bus: The end of an era The watermelon rind hole Seems to be out of business cup on the busend ofera https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2020/07/one-pan-bruschetta-spahetti.html Cup on the Bus: One pan Bruschetta Spahetti I'm not Italian. I was raised pot roast on Sunday and decent stuff during the week. 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We were not fiscal officers back then, just cl... cup on the busslate roofoldgirl https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2013/12/be-careful-what-you-wish-for.html Cup on the Bus: Be careful what you wish for Long, long before I moved to Boston, with the Village of Peninsula in it, a visionary moved into the Village. A rich, architectural desig... cup on the busbe carefulwish https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2018/02/national-school-walkout.html Cup on the Bus: National School Walkout Laura went to school today, and her other agenda was to determine who of her teachers might join the National School Walkout on March 14 ... cup on the busnational schoolwalkout https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2015/06/allowances-for-old-cornmudgeon-brothers.html Cup on the Bus: Allowances for old cornmudgeon brothers Most of you know our dear old cornmudgeon brother, Walt, died just about a year ago. There was another stroke a year ago last Memorial Da... cup on the busallowancesoldbrothers https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2019/08/waffles-n-bacon-tomorrow.html Cup on the Bus: Waffles 'n bacon tomorrow I invited Lynn and Jim for breakfast tomorrow. I mentioned at one of our weekly trips for breakfast that I make the best waffles in the enti... cup on the buswafflesbacontomorrow https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2020/04/ Cup on the Bus: April 2020 cup on the busapril https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2016/08/ Cup on the Bus: August 2016 cup on the busaugust https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2024/04/my-remarkable-week.html Cup on the Bus: My remarkable week The week is remarkable only because I am making remarks upon it. It is Sunday, the last day or the first, depending on point of view. As irr... cup on the busremarkableweek https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2014/05/art-is-work.html Cup on the Bus: Art is Work Last Thursday I set aside everything else to go with Linda and "do a show," Broadripple Art Fair put on by the Indianapolis Museum of A... cup on the busart iswork https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2024/11/ Cup on the Bus: November 2024 cup on the busnovember https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-very-good-day.html Cup on the Bus: A very good day It is the real countdown to January 20th! I think excitement will grow and grow, and feel like the Women's March on Washington and the Wo... cup on the busvery goodday https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2021/ Cup on the Bus: 2021 cup on the bus https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2024/01/ Cup on the Bus: January 2024 cup on the busjanuary https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2011/08/mds-fact-checker.html Cup on the Bus: MDS Fact Checker I spent Monday at Linda's and yesterday at my real job. I didn't feel like more organizing of the family stories, so I leafed through a hug... cup on the busmdsfactchecker https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2015/06/waiting-for-sunshine.html Cup on the Bus: Waiting for sunshine Spring, and "meteorological" summer (bah) have yielded precious little sunshine. It rained this morning as I came back from work. But I... cup on the buswaiting forsunshine https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2012/01/containing-chaos.html Cup on the Bus: Containing the chaos O ne hundred eighty odd quilt tops (just crib sized tops!), I am down to the dregs in my drawer and no scraps have been quietly abandoned be... cup on the buscontainingchaos https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2014/11/ Cup on the Bus: November 2014 cup on the busnovember https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2024/04/my-week-in-review.html Cup on the Bus: My week in review In reverse, yesterday I had a visit from Ann. She came for lunch yesterday and left just before supper. In four or five hours we discussed a... cup on the busmy weekreview https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2020/07/perhaps-tomorrow.html Cup on the Bus: Perhaps tomorrow... I spent the entire week avoiding starting the new warp on the loom. I got up yesterday, determined, and wound one section and started anothe... cup on the busperhapstomorrow https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2015/05/battle-of-seasons.html Cup on the Bus: Battle of the seasons Pig's nasturtium has a bloom! Mom's chive pot. The bed of pinks and the new allium bulbs, finally blooming. The sce... cup on the busbattleseasons https://cuponthebus.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-may-have-happened.html Cup on the Bus: What may have happened Aunt Laura certainly filled in enough detail about her mother for me to form conclusions. 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