And here we are at last! I know, I know! Begging the pardon of summer enthusiasts ( I, myself had an excellent summer!) but Autumn is the best.  I just finished decorating for Halloween! Around the equinox I put up all my autumn things. My orange leaf garlands and wreaths, my decorative pumpkins collection…but then…come …

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This past summer we became for real empty nesters. In the span of a few weekends we delivered the rest of our two sons possessions to Portland where they squished them into a house they are renting together. When we got home to our very slightly echoing house we had a bit of a melancholy …

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