Monthly Archives: February 2010

Dirty Snow, Seafood and Orca’s

Posted on February 27, 2010 by MrBill

Those in the northeast US are understandably tired of winter and the snow storms.  SAM and I arrived to find the remains of snowzilla – the 3rd megablizzard this year – now just dirty snow piled in parking lots.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Painting

Posted on February 16, 2010 by MrBill

Many of my pals, including my best friend and partner SAM, enjoy painting.  They buy supplies and books and videos.  They attend classes and workshops to develop their skills and deepen their understanding of how to paint well. Some painters … Continue reading →

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Dixie Wildwood, Chapter 4.

Posted on February 13, 2010 by MrBill

Blair and Peyton have been cross-species partners for a very long time.  Despite, or maybe because of, their differences they always had something to discuss evenings over a few glasses of may apple wine.  Blair is famous in the wildwood … Continue reading →

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Pasta with Bolognese Sauce

Posted on February 10, 2010 by MrBill

Our great neighbors asked us to join them for dinner last night.  Gary cooked all day and the aroma of the sauce filled their home next door.  Cocktails first as we fed their two dogs downstairs and talked about life … Continue reading →

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Dixie Wildwood, Chapter 3

Posted on February 3, 2010 by MrBill

Sy Otter was always a procrastinator.  “I’m a perfectionist!” he would always say.  Nevertheless he was always late or incomplete – unless it was something fun.  Sy was the most handsome water mammal in the wildwood.  The beavers and the … Continue reading →

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New Snow, New View

Posted on February 1, 2010 by MrBill

I’m in a new place – geographically and emotionally.  We’ve just been visited by (what they call in western North Carolina) a major winter storm and about 8″ of snow.  As the child that lives again inside, it’s great.  Not … Continue reading →

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