You Can Get Anything Here

November 17th, 2008
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nd I thought I had seen it all when I saw the truck for the Shower Door Installation Service. They didn’t sell them…they simply installed them. And as nearly as I could tell, the folks who operate this business don’t sell clothes dryers either. Of course if I needed to have the vent on my clothes dryer cleaned, I would expect to have it done by a professional.

We truly seem to live in an age of specialization.

Vent Cleaning Service Truck

If That Isn’t Love…

September 10th, 2008
Marcella and Victor Hazan
Marcella and Victor Hazan
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nteresting article in today’s New York Times about a new memoir from the doyenne of La Cucina Italiana (and Long Boat Key resident), Marcella Hazan. You can read it here.

It reminds me of a lyric to an old Fats Waller tune: “If that isn’t love, it’ll have to do ’till the real thing comes along.”

Tough Place to Hang Laundry

July 22nd, 2008

We arrived at our summer place yesterday, having left a mourning dove nesting in our carport in Sarasota. So after taking a swim, and needing to hang our wet suits on the line, here’s what we found when we went looking for clothespins…

Morning Doves in Groton Long Point