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Reasons to be Cheerful

My Underwood typewriter circa 1905.  It no longer works, but it is the most often photographed (and heaviest!) piece of home decor we own. Mechanical pencils. Afternoons that are warm enough to spend on the front steps, eating pretzels and drinking root beer with the boys, after the school bus comes. Buttons: making them, hosting […]

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Reasons to be cheerful

1. Making RTBC a regular feature, because, hey! cheer is contagious 🙂 2. Bitter Betty’s Strawberry Lime Jam, which I feel I really must try. 3. Finding enough leftover pieces of a favorite fabric to cobble together a skirt at 11:00 Saturday night, to wear the following day. And, having time on that particular following […]

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Reasons to be cheerful

1. New pillowcases, because it’s finally hit me that pillows and sheets need not be a matched set. I predict more of these handmade lovelies in my future. 2. Daydreams about new paint colors and cheery makeovers. 3. Strawberry jam, made with local berries I picked myself. 4. Bowls of after-supper ice cream. 5. Putting […]

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