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Six days after listing my friend’s house on Friday the 13th, we had a counter and acceptance a week later. Seller, buyer and agents are all happy. Chris took some time off, and helped me make cranberry/whole wheat bread/ orange/raisin … Continue reading →

We spent 9 days in Brooklyn and other parts of NYC. I enjoyed it, even the angry train-rider parts, as well as the visit to Sleepy Hollow & Washington Irving’s gravesite & the Headless Horseman Bridge. Pictures are at Facebook.com/deborahgallagher … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Bread and jam and jam and bread and ginger:
I think today’s yellow tomato ginger jam may just be the strangest thing I’ve ever made. But I had to do something those with those green-to-yellow tomatoes that ended…

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You guys, I don’t know. I race, and started racing when I was 53, although I’ve ridden bikes all my life. Given my age and profession, you can surmise that I’m not risk -averse but calculate what risks I’m willing … Continue reading →

In 2006/07 we started connecting with http://www.bikeforums.net friends for rides. We did a few tandem rides with a couple in San Mateo, and they included coffee, wine, food, Tour de France stage watching, and an invitation to race the 2007 … Continue reading →

My parents were high school sweethearts, and after my dad did a tour in Germany during the Korean War and returned to his hometown, he and my mother married. They eloped, as his parents had eloped, in Elkton, MD, on … Continue reading →

Brigitte posted a Facebook group for a Ladies’ ride, and I was all over it. I ride alone, or with Chris, or in a big mixed group that’s male-dominated. Finally a ride where we don’t have to handle testosterone! I … Continue reading →

We took the week away from work to get over that jet-lag thing and to begin processing “this is life without Aunt Bobby” as my SIL was known to her nieces, nephews, and grands. We took the time to read, … Continue reading →