The Time Lottery
It’s been a banner week for vintage finds. A woman in London this week was shocked to get half a million dollars for her 1730s cello.  She had purchased it 40 years ago for $12,000. …
Personal Life
Giving Motorcyclists a Bad Name
A colleague recently said to me, “Every biker that rides past me acts like an a**hole!” Â …
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Please, Fence Me In
Yes it’s hot. Yes it’s very humid.  But on holiday Monday we started a project that has turned into what every simple project around the home turns into: a much BIGGER project. …
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Retail Therapy
Our riding lawn mower recently went kaput. Â It was an older model, given to us by a family friend, and had seen many better days. Â It owed us nothing and that’s exactly what it ultimately decided to give in return!
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Saying Goodbye
It’s one of those things; you have to have lost someone very dear to you to understand the depth of the sorrow. Â There’s no one in your life like your Mom. Â No one who loves to hear your little life stories, to know your triumphs and frustrations and to cheer you on relentlessly, even when you haven’t got a chance. Â …
They’re No Partridge Family or Osmonds…
but the band known as The Dust Monkeys will take any and all family members on if they can play or sing!
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Sharonstock
We are away again this weekend to a performance so exclusive, they don’t even sell tickets. Â You have to know someone in the band.
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If Only They Knew Me
I wasn’t feeling well when we left for Michigan on Saturday morning. I had a headache and a mildly queasy tummy. Â After we stopped at the Port Huron Cracker Barrel, where I had a bland breakfast of plain oatmeal with raisins, the queasiness turned into full-blown nausea. Â I spent an hour of the trip with my seat reclined, under a blanket. Â If only I had taken that as a sign of what was to come! …
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Gitcher Motor Runnin’
NASCAR. Â Live and in person. Â Michigan International Speedway. We have pit passes and our favourite drivers, #99 Carl Edwards (mine) and #48 Jimmie Johnson (Derek’s) will be there and are at risk of being stalked in a friendly way! Â …
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Web Woes Waning
I’ve been spending an awful lot of time on this website lately, moving the oldest posts to the new overflow site (http://lisabrandt.weebly.com/) and getting rid of photos that are no longer relevant or necessary. Â …
This is About…What was I Saying?
My memory is terrible. Oh you might also say, yeah, mine too, but mine is a cut above.  Or below. …
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Reunited and it Feels so Good
They used to say “a lady never reveals her true age!” Well I never claimed to be a lady!  What a bunch of hogwash.  Refusing to say how old I am would only support the bias that youth has more value than age and experience. …
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