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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 1d

Whatever you do, do not skip the ironing!
It makes a huge difference.

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Ñoño Nathaniel @nononathaniel.bsky.social · 3d

Truth...

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 3d

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
by Fredrik Backman

Stayed up past my bedtime to finish this book. It took me a minute to get fully engaged but once I got there....

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 3d

Honest question: at what point do we say that congress has abandoned their jobs and find ourselves a new slate of legislators?

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 4d

It's a party and you are not invited..

Top economist on the economy’s dirty truth: The only people who feel good are ‘making over $200,000’ and ‘have large stock portfolios’

www.yahoo.com/finance/news...

Top economist on the economy’s dirty truth: The only people who feel good are ‘making over $200,000’ and ‘have large stock portfolios’

Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG, sees a “creep instead of a surge” in inflation. Things are uneasy below the surface.

www.yahoo.com

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 4d

When you're working with teeny tiny two inch pieces of fabric it takes a long time to turn them into bigger pieces of fabric. I don't know how other quilters can say "look what I made this weekend!"

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 9d

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
by Malcolm Gladwell
narrated by the author.

I wish I could figure out when we're going to reach the anti-MAGA tipping point.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 12d

Finders Keepers
by Stephen King
Audiobook narrated by Will Patton

I love hanging out with my BFF, listening to him (even if it isn't his actual voice) tell me a story while I work on my own projects!

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 17d

#todayinhistory

We came this close 🤏 to all-out nuclear war.
But cooler heads prevailed.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 17d

Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt

I wasn't sure about it at first; it's rather melancholy and no one is really happy. Became invested in the story about halfway through and stayed up way past my usual bedtime for a satisfying ending.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 19d

Inserted some leftover blue and gray chrysanthemum fabrics to keep it from being too monotonous and I'm not sure how it worked but "it is what it is and I meant to do that."

Maybe it needs one more border? ...but I guess I don't have to decide today.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 20d

Mr. Mercedes
Audiobook by Stephen King, read by Will Patton

Discovered Chirp audiobooks and found a great deal on the Bill Hodges trilogy so of course I had to treat myself! It's okay that I've already read the books several times.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 21d

Machine piecing half square triangles: check out the perfect points!!!!

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 26d

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
by Matthew Sullivan

Wasn't sure what to expect, and can't remember who recommended the book; some graphic violence, a lot of sadness, but twists and turns kept me turning pages past my bedtime.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 27d

'Salem's Lot
by Stephen King

Father Callahan, who gets the heck out of the Lot on a Greyhound bus bound for New York, finds his way into the Dark Tower universe. So now do I want to follow him there (again)?

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ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 @chibole.bsky.social · 28d

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · Oct 1

Blackpool Rock Bloodshed
Albert Smith's Culinary Capers #10
by Steve Higgs

Moved on from Paterson, New Jersey and Andy Carpenter, to Blackpool, England and further adventures with Albert Smith and his trusty German Shepard sidekick Rex Harrison.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 29

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · Sep 29

Dog Day Afternoon
(Andy Carpenter Mystery #29)
by David Rosenfelt

Stayed up past my bedtime yet again to find out who-dun-it and why. I'm gonna miss hanging out with Andy and the gang.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · Sep 28

'Twas the Bite Before Christmas
(An Andy Carpenter mystery #28)

Continuing my comfort bingeing with Andy and the gang. I don't know what I'm going to do when I finish the series.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · Sep 25

Flop Dead Gorgeous
(Andy Carpenter Mystery #27)
by David Rosenfelt

I had my suspicions about a certain character kind of early in the book. Stayed up way past my usual bedtime to find out that I was right!

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · Sep 22

Santa's Little Yelpers
(Andy Carpenter Mystery #26)
by David Rosenfelt

The book was published in 2022 but still no mention of Covid or the lockdown. Must be an alternate universe. But I can live with that.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · Sep 21

Carrie, on Audible audiobook, by Stephen King, read by Sissy Spacek.

Going back to our roots: I had no idea in 1974 that we'd be together this long. Happy birthday, Steve!

"Fun" fact:
Carrie White
(September 21, 1963 - May 28, 1979)

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · Sep 21

I think it might be called a basket weave or lattice? I used google sheets (or graph paper would work) and "drafted" my own pattern, just to keep from getting mixed up.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · Sep 19

Holy Chow
(Andy Carpenter Mystery #25)
by David Rosenfelt

What I've learned reading this series: Paterson, New Jersey is a hotbed of nefarious international conspiracies!

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