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Our Thanksgiving Day turkey, a 20-pounder so we'll have
lots of leftovers. As usual, I was up before dawn preparing my
late-mother's special stuffing recipe. Dinner with all the fixings was at 2:00 pm.
(Nov. 27, 2008) |
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Barbara at the dinner table waiting to
dine. |
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Yours truly, ready to chow down at my favorite meal of
the year. |
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Sunrise from my second floor office deck
in the back of the house. (Dec. 4, 2008) |
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Today I drove to the town cemetery overlooking Salem
Harbor to take some photos of my buddy, John Graichen, and his last sail
of the season before trailering out his C22, "Malacass." He was
determined to sail on his birthday before calling it a season.
What I expected would be a short time out in the cold (as indicated in
my self-portrait with temperature and heading in the photo on the left)
turned into hours, from 9:30 am when this shot was taken until 3:00 pm
giving him a hand across the harbor at Winter Island in Salem. [See
the photo journal here] (Dec. 6, 2008) |
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John got "Malacass" home to Nashua, NH, just in time.
This morning we have our first taste of snow in Winter 2008-09. It's
just a light dusting, and relatively late for the first sight of the white
stuff, but it's the start. Later today the wind is supposed to
pick up to a steady 30-40 mph gusting to over 45, accompanied by an
arctic cold front that's supposed to drop down overnight. (Dec. 7,
2008) |
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Already my three cords of stacked and racked firewood is dwindling.
I hope there's enough to get me through to the other end of winter.
It has in past winters, but I usually get nervous when I notice the
racks beginning to empty with so many months still ahead to keep the wood
stove heating the house. |
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The neighbor's snowplow fleet was ready to roll, but
wasn't needed for this light dusting. We let him use the extra
parking space in our lot and, in exchange, he keeps it plowed in the
winter. (Dec. 8, 2008) |
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The first real snowstorm of 2008-09 arrived on
Friday, December 19th at just after noon. At 11:00 pm Saturday
it's still snowing; non-stop flurries since the worst let up just after
noon today. (Dec. 20, 2008)
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More Dec. 19-20 2008
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Preparing for my coming spleen surgery, I picked up a
'new' Dell Latitude 620 laptop on eBay and set it up for WiFi networking
with my office PC. After opening an account with LogMeIn to
remotely work from the office computer I needed too insure that the
signal will reach across the yard to Barbara's house, where I'll be
spending some time recuperating. I moved up my schedule for Sailing
Season 2009 and sprung for the
5MileWiFi antenna/booster
system, which received high reviews in this month's issue of
Practical Sailor.
In this photo it's hooked up to the laptop; the improvement in signal is
impressive. (Jan. 14, 2009) |
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The 5MileWiFi antenna with its 25 feet of coax cable,
temporarily clamped to the kitchen table, its signal booster's power and
signal cables plugged into two of the the laptop's four USB ports. |
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