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Jen the Pirate Blogger was so touched by my story of Rocco’s nighttime dinosaur-y antics (he specifically favors the Giraffatitan Branca...

Yesterday was Bob's After Party. It was a well attended shindig with a lot of folks standing up to tell their fave tales of my MOST A...

Jen remembers... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Patriots Day 2013 bloomed humid, sunny and hot. The runners would have their work cut ...

Donna mentioned the overly aggressive, marauding gang of Blue Jays who hang around her porch, right? They're just wild about Rocco an...

Did you know? Donna suffers from fierce Separation Anxiety . It's not just The Amazing Bob that she has a rough time being away from ...

My morning ritual according to Jen the Devious Pirate Blogger.  --------------------------------------------------------------------...

This is Jen the Pirate Blogger’s vision of Bix -- that’d be my brandy new Smart Car, or as Jen insists I pronounce it Smaht Cah . She is...

Scene from Celeste's VERY sober wedding View from Michal's kitchen ‘the hell is this thing we call ‘family?’ The defini...

While I soldier on in my fervid efforts to throw off this vile cold, which I seem to have brought back with me from Pennsylvania, Jen T...

Why do I have the blues, specifically Blind Lemon Jefferson , playing in my head right now. Hmmm. It's a puzzler -- innit.

While Helen and I are galavanting   around Western Pennsylvania, Jen The Pirate Blogger and her herd of cat are apparently having mega h...

This was a good yet hard year. Aren’t they all? These are some of the past year’s posts -- ones that I like most, feel all special abo...

The return of Jen the Pirate Blogger and yes, we rilly, rilly do eat like this.  You may commence with the major league sympathy for Bob an...

Jen, Pirate Blogger, back in action -- right here, right NOW! I've taken control of the ship and we're headed for Valhalla, dammit,...

Donna, always the optimist. Or maybe 'sucker' is the word I mean. She always believes Coco when the little Houdini says 'N...

On weekends we have afternoon tea and THIS is what Donna is usually doing: __________________________________________________________...