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More than small beer or potatoes!

LarryWinger
July 25, 2021
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May the potatoes rise up to meet you . . . Our potato plants are doing very well this year. It’s hard to believe that it’s been just over two years since I wrote somewhat lyrically about preparation and anticipation…

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Anecdote Communications Notes from Afar Reminiscence

A Tea Set’s Journey

LarryWinger
October 18, 2019
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Richard Skinner from Allenheads was stimulated by my musings on crockery in an earlier diary piece, to pursue a developing story that began for him when he and Barbara met Dick and Hilary Dorward during a holiday last year in…

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Environment Healthy Living Notes from Afar Reminiscence

Leaving so soon?

LarryWinger
August 7, 2019
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Not quite 48 hours by the sea, and now it’s time to return home. This mini-break was really only conceived as a test run, in relative safety and proximity to home. There are pets to feed, garden to tend, and…

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Notes from Afar Reminiscence Travel

Far-flung families . . .

LarryWinger
July 30, 2019
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It’s a truism of contemporary life, I guess, that family members often find themselves separated by great distances. And it’s not even necessarily contemporary — this diaspora has been going on for generations, centuries. My family history of the twentieth…

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Cultural Life Notes from Afar Reminiscence

Triplets of renown

LarryWinger
March 27, 2019
2

Got a PM the other day, oh, yesterday I guess, from Pierre Schryer, and that felt like quite a blast from the past! When ‘Northumbrian Music Nights’ was in full promotions mode (between ’95 and ’05 I guess), we were…

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