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I'm getting married again! Can't quite believe it myself.UPDATE - NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL!
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To jump in or not to jump
monado
9 yrs ago
Best of luck whatever you finally decide.
monado
9 yrs ago
I use my lentils in pasta sauce, where they are a great addition.
monado
9 yrs ago
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The 24th, Queen Victoria's official birthday for the purpose of garden parties in England, is celebrated early this year with a long weekend in Ontario. Fireworks, barbecues, and getting the last of the tender garden pla…
monado
9 yrs ago
I, too, hope that everyone is safe.
Here in Ontario we're just getting a lot of cold rain.
monado
10 yrs ago
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Hugs to you and your sweet kitty. If (when!) I have to do it again, I'm going to hold her in my lap instead of making her sit up on the vet's table. She will feel safer then.
monado
10 yrs ago
Congratulations on having registered so many books!
monado
10 yrs ago
Happy anniversary!
monado
11 yrs ago
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There was a Bookcrossing zone in Mississauga, Ontario, but someone created one in the city of Toronto. It needs to be moved back to Mississauga.
monado
11 yrs ago
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Someone has created a new city of Toronto, Ontario.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/hunt/2/61/145284
Can you merge it with the existing city of Toronto?
monado
11 yrs ago
A quick, solid, character-based novel.
monado
11 yrs ago
The first pie I made as a newlywed featured some unfortunate substitutions. I didn't have lard, so I used soya oil. And I used whole wheat flour instead of pastry flour, not realizing you have to cut it back in a 3/4 to …
monado
11 yrs ago
Please keep us informed. I hope your friend's daughter continues to improve. Blood on nerve tissue is not good for it. I'm crossing my fingers for her.
If you are in the Benighted States, everyone, please write to yo…
monado
11 yrs ago
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Thank FSM!
monado
11 yrs ago
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I am officially a survivor!Great news! Now you have to have a party on the theme of "Five years of kicking cancer's hinderparts!"
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History Blog has another great entry: WWII messenger pigeon w/coded secret message found in chimney:
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RE: RE: There's truth, and then there's the spirit if truth!
monado
11 yrs ago
Apparently Winston Churchill's most famous speech ("Blood, toil, tears and sweat") was given by an actor while Churchill made a secret trip across the Atlantic in May, 1940, to persuade Woodrow Wilson to join the war aga…
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History Blog has another great entry: WWII messenger pigeon w/coded secret message found in chimney:
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RE: RE: There's truth, and then there's the spirit if truth!
monado
11 yrs ago
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Really! Oh, that's sad.
I read about this pigeon in the news--fascinating. I hope the message got through via another route.
monado
11 yrs ago
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You had his wings clipped?
monado
11 yrs ago
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If you're ready for a new cat, this looks like a good one--friendly and obviously resilient.
I have two feral brothers adopted as kittens. They were inseparable at first but not their friendship is kind of on and off…
monado
11 yrs ago
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And you'd rather go to bed than eat.
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Check your listed email on Facebook lately?
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RE: Check your listed email on Facebook lately?
monado
11 yrs ago
Thanks! Passed it on.
monado
11 yrs ago
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My aunt used to write in "the barbarian hordes" on the grounds that the census folks wanted us to go back in the male line.
monado
11 yrs ago
This is the 200th anniversary of the American invasion so there are lots of special events at Fort York.
http://www.toronto.ca/culture/museums/fort-york.htm
American histories tend to concentrate on naval battles,…
monado
11 yrs ago
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Take them all to a local school or community centre, along with BC's web address, and let them make it a project to get people involved in reading, journalling, and trading books.
monado
12 yrs ago
I have too many books in Mount TBR when the pile falls over. I try to stay out of bookstores.
