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Peggotty’s found Jesus!
I ate my toast this morning from a hand-painted Blue Ridge poinsettia plate and was glad for Christmas. My nails are painted a rather festive forest green but, on the warm-blooded, the polish turns turquoise blue indoors. Thank goodness I … Continue reading
The Most Wonderful Season Of All
Itchy Ankle is ready for Christmas. The Baptist church feels it wise to sound its customary note of caution as people prepare to receive their presents. The local garden center has a full model of Bethlehem on display, complete … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas with the Crone, Culture with the Crone, Painting
Tagged Bethlehem, christmas, humor, Irish painters, Paul Henry, The Fairy Thorn
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
1) Tina from Fiddleheads has dyed a green streak in the front of her hair. “It gives my mother something to focus on and she leaves the rest of me alone” 2) Tom and Mike have ordered the Foie Gras. And … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas with the Crone, Cooking with the Crone, Crone in America, Culture with the Crone, dancing, diet, fat, food, friendship, itchy ankle, weather
Tagged bruises, christmas, christmas spectacular, fall on ice, festive meals, Fiddleheads, hair dye, ham, itchy ankle, love affair, luxury food, rockettes, skating with the stars, snowmen, Tom and Mike
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Ten Years To Remember
The papers and tv channels are full of retrospectives of the first 10 years of the century–the noughties. Those who care for the official record can check out the decade in three minutes here but the Crone offers her own stand-out … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic nails, Best addresses, Blarney Crone, blog, christmas, coming home, Continental airlines, Crab Dip, dental implant, diets, gift wrapping, Halloween, Hansel and Gretel, hot sauce, Hurricane Isabel, iphone, itchy ankle, Jessica Lipnack, Judy Kelly Long and Foster, Lee Hamilton, Lexulous, New Zealand, Obama, parking tickets, pigs feet, plumbers, r&b, Rockville Pike, Roger Wilkins, Sally Katzen, St Patrick's Day, Ted Kennedyu, Thanksgiving, the caddy, The Dresden, the noughties, the outer banks, tight ass, Titus Andronicus, Tom and Mike, USA, vacations, Washington DC, yard sales
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Not the spirit of Christmas
Since the Crone’s reports of suspected criminal activity from two of her three wise men, more alarming news of Christmas wrong-doing. Read a full report of reindeer bullying here, courtesy of one of the Blarney Crone’s blogging buddies.
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Tagged Blarney Crone, christmas, reindeer, spirit of Christmas, three wise men
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A differently abled Christmas
The Crone’s Christmas decorations seem to to have settled some old scores while locked up in the shed January to December. There are signs of serious scrapping, resulting in the kind of injuries more usually spotted on battlefields than in … Continue reading

