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Plywood - February 19, 2019This is my number one photo on my Flickr collection of artwork and photographs. I can always count on Plywood for an artful pose.

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Tina Garceau • 2013 in Review

Below is a review of Miss Tina Garceau’s continuing series of collages using five elements . She calls the series The Friday Five and the gallery below represents her work for 2013 which includes Friday Five No. 22 through No. 45.

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Keeping Good Habits

This is the thin 3-ring binder I bought from a dollar store near work and filled it with 97¢ worth of looseleaf paper in order to work out the story of The Teenage Beast. I am writing an outline for what will probably be a novella and have done a very rough first draft of the first chapter. I’m doing all of this longhand which greatly reduces the possibility of those outside distractions I wrote about last week.

I’ve slipped a color laser printout of my Teenage Beast drawing into the front of the binder in order to identify the contents. I’m pleased with the way this looks. It’s a hell of a lot better than a Dymo label. It makes it feel real like it’s a genuine product that will sit on a shelf.


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One of These Things is Not Like the Other

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Raspberry Crumb Muffins

The raspberries in the market over the weekend were gorgeous and a steal at two containers for three dollars! I haven’t made muffins in a while, so I pulled out my tins and got to work. These muffins are light, flavored with lemon zest, and loaded with sweet raspberries. Definitely worth turning on the oven in July! Continue reading

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Rest In Peace Connie Francis

We took these photos in 2017 when Connie Francis was The Grand Marshal of the Columbus Day Parade in South Philadelphia. She was very sweet and was thrilled that our son was familiar with her music. Thanks for the music Miss Francis, you will be missed.

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