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cats16
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Oct 17 2020, 7:51am
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Very good to hear you are safe, but I'm sorry to hear that news.  Will be thinking of you, Aunt Dora! And doing a rain dance, while I'm at it.
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Greenwood Hobbit
Doriath
Oct 17 2020, 11:38am
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Well, apple crumble for starters -
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and probably a dark ginger cake with chopped apple in it. The apples keep quite well and I can freeze part of the ginger cake, so that spreads things out a bit. Old letters are fascinating - and becoming increasingly rare. Who writes actual letters on paper these days? Where will people find the written ramblings that make up memoirs?
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Greenwood Hobbit
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Oct 17 2020, 11:51am
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Hmm, yes, we did notice on the other side of the Pond...
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That's why I chose the song I did! There's *cough* a rather good parody... My Mum's Dad was a Tommy in the trenches in WW1 - one of the lucky ones, he came home from Ypres missing only his right thumb. My Dad's Dad was a captain in the Merchant navy, mostly trading around the British coast, but helped ferry American GIs over to France a couple of days after D Day. So many stories they must have had - some of which they would no doubt prefer to forget, to be fair!
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dernwyn
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Oct 17 2020, 2:15pm
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Let's see...would you like the bourbon-and-cranberry Blizzard, or the Irish Whiskey-hazelnut liquer-Bailey's-coffee Blizzard, or the ice cream with mix-ins from Dairy Queen? (The second one sounds quite good!  )
15 miles away is too close for comfort, Aunt Dora. Had they been hoping it would burn itself out? Did they have to close off Estes Park because of it?
On a more positive note - have you and Uncle Baggins been able to get some walks in?
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noWizardme
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Oct 17 2020, 5:48pm
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I have been making 'Pink Sauce'
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...which is a sauce with apples, onion, chillies, ginger and vinegar. Very nice.
I've had a lot of apples too. I've allowed an old apple tree in my garden to become overgrown I'm afraid, and I have a few years work ahead of me to rectify that, pruning a bit back every winter.
Meanwhile it 's a bit of a hard hat area, as large apples can plummet from several metres up.
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Greenwood Hobbit
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Oct 17 2020, 7:15pm
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I make chutney, which is a bit thick to be called sauce and has similar ingredients, with the additional of sultanas which provide plumptious little chewy bits. Very good with a white crumbly cheese! My daughter's tree is about 40 years old and I agree; an unexpected Bramley can really give you a headache!
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noWizardme
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Oct 17 2020, 8:03pm
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...you've started a whole new hobbit story!
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-from How To Tell If You Are In A J.R.R. Tolkien Book, by Austin Gilkeson, in 'The Toast', 2016 https://the-toast.net/...-a-jrr-tolkien-book/
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Oct 17 2020, 10:03pm
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even by our standards - just one half-hearted frost all winter. So I think the berries got a bit enthusiastic! The main crop is still a fair way off, though.
The virtual hot chocolate was most welcome, thank you :)
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Greenwood Hobbit
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Oct 17 2020, 10:20pm
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Haha - yes, the Hobbits were very good at throwing things, as I recall!
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A Bramley bombardment would see off all but the most determined opposition.
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Annael
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Oct 18 2020, 4:08pm
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if not precipitation, hopefully some cold weather will help?
Must be awful being in the smoke for that long. We had it for two weeks and that was more than enough.
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Ethel Duath
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Oct 18 2020, 6:00pm
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I love Rach. 2 and 3. As a teenager, they fit my angst entirely, and I'd listen to one or both sometimes twice a day (funny thing to do in a family of violinists). His emotional connections to the piece reminds me of me then--except I couldn't hold a candle in my violin playing then or now to his piano playing here!
Candles be darned. What a performance. Thank you!!
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Ethel Duath
Gondolin
Oct 18 2020, 6:04pm
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is that an Alien on that sticker? What generous voting rights you all have over thar. 
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Ethel Duath
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Oct 18 2020, 6:11pm
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Where is it? Are you guys OK in your area?
Crazy fire story: my brother's Italian/French mother-in-law recounted to us the story of a huge fire that was coming up the back of a mountain bordering where they lived in Marseille. One night they could see the flames approaching over the ridge, and she said to her husband "Let's get in the car and go" (he was a professor, language teacher, a kind and humorous intellectual, and a prince among all human beings--his life was cut way too short by Leukemia). He replied, "no, the good Lord will protect us." And the flames, somehow, just never got close and they stayed put safely. Hoping the same for you.
Please do keep us posted!
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Ethel Duath
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Oct 18 2020, 6:16pm
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I think you should do an actual documentary!
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Especially because you have the skills.
It's hard to pass memories on--my kids don't have much interest in some actually very interesting family stories, so they won't get passed down very easily. Something on film makes stories interesting even to the historically--uninterested type of person. If you think you could manage it, I bet you'd never regret it.
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Ethel Duath
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Oct 18 2020, 6:39pm
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2 bundles of letters in a big trunk of keepsakes my grandmother had left n my aunt's house. They were both compete sets of WWII letters home, one was a bundle of my aunt's husband's letters, and the other one of my dad's (from the Philippines)! What stories. I am scanning them all in and have 16 left to do. Three of them have holes cut out by sensors (oops! Dad!).
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Ethel Duath
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Oct 18 2020, 9:45pm
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It's been a trip back in time for sure
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And it was nice to see how sentimental my dad was about his folks when he wrote to them.
But one of my favorite lines is: "I haven't heard from Eleanor. I'm not even sure now I care to hear from her." Better write now, Eleanor, or you've missed a great guy.
Oh, wait . . . (He didn't marry Eleanor.)
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dernwyn
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Oct 19 2020, 2:01am
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What, you mean it's not considered
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polite in the literary world to have two places publish the same item? 
Your grand aunt! She must have many stories from the "old days", and family secrets, I bet! 
I admire people who can play pieces like that from memory - it's like being able to recite all of LotR! Amazing mental skill and concentration.
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dernwyn
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Oct 19 2020, 2:02am
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the next version of "Angry Birds"-type video game will feature Hobbit tossing apples! Now at...what?
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dernwyn
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Oct 19 2020, 2:04am
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Instead of just blacking out the lines?
I'm so glad you're making electronic copies of them. Have you transcribed them yet?
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cats16
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Oct 19 2020, 5:44am
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If you're corny, then I'm corny too!
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His work grows on me more and more with time, so it seems.
Glad you enjoyed! (And I'm jealous of both of you for being able to play either instrument, virtuoso or not!)
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cats16
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Oct 19 2020, 5:49am
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It's crossed my mind more than once lately
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You obviously need a willing subject first, but I know that I'd need to get going on it sooner than later if I were to seriously approach the idea.
I will mull it over, but thank you for the encouragement in the meantime! And that's too bad - it seems like so many people don't become interested in family history until the person they'd want to talk about it with has passed on.
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cats16
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Oct 19 2020, 5:56am
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And yes! It's funny, since I almost only get things from my grandmother's perspective, so it's cute to hear a slightly different recollection from her younger sister. But she has 7 living siblings, so I suppose that's a lot of perspectives floating around.
Agreed. I think I would have the paralyzing fear of having to itch my nose or something similar and forgetting my place (can you imagine a pianist having a sneeze they just can't get out?). So glad I am not a live performer!
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grammaboodawg
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Oct 19 2020, 12:01pm
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Thank you for grabbing the keys, dernwyn! Some warm apple cider sounds so great! Thanks again :D
I've been meeting myself coming and going for the past several days, but it's hopefully settling down now. My neighbor down the Road has been helping cut down the last 3 HUGE trees that fell in my yard during a HUGE wind storm that hit last June. He's a wonderful guy and I welcome his chainsaw that's able to handle the size of the tree trunks, but... as it is for farmers... he's pretty much available when he shows up.
My Sister and I made it to Charlevoix and Lake Michigan. It looks like it was the last beautiful day of weather and Fall tree colours of the season. Literally the next day the wind picked up along with the rain and pretty-much cleared the trees of most of their leaves. Charlevoix is a full week ahead of my neck of the woods in the progress of seasonal changes, and my trees are already 3/4 of the way done. *sigh* Nature is so busy this time of year :D The day with Sis and Lake Michigan was wonderful... mostly walking along the shoreline, picking up pebbles and rocks, and lots of chatter. We each found a small Petosky stone! We're already making plans to do this again in the Spring.
I hope everyone has had a great weekend and will enjoy a fabulous week. :D *waves fondly* Stay Safe!
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