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Loose ends

some loose ends i want to go Back to,  Touch and tie in.  But not tonight.  The day was Big enough.

Am sitting here naked in the heat.

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This truck sort of belongs to me.  Sort of.   It's title is in my name,  i pay the insurance.  But it still lives at the Old Cowboy's house.  As long as he is there.  But today i drove it to pick up the stove.

 

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Here we are.    The first stove i have ever bought.    In all my 68 years.  First stove.   There is 

Simmer.

 

Simmer,  on all four burners.  Simmer.  The first time for Simmer in maybe 20 or more years?  How so Great is this?    ALL four burners work.   How so Great is That?   a Luxury,  beyond Luxury.   In an email Marti points out that i name my vehicles and she thinks i should name the stove…she thinks i should name this sleek stove…..Sabine.   And so it is.  Sabine.  ok.  and yes, ok.

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i watch the water tonight.   How it flows from the hose.  Watch it.  Closely.

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25 responses to “Loose ends”

  1. beth Avatar
    beth

    Sabine the simmerer. Appreciation is a mighty fine thing.

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  2. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    now that is one fine looking stove!

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    georgious

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  4. Minka Avatar
    Minka

    Congrats on the stove. How did you create the wall behind the stove? Is that decoupage?

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  5. kathyd Avatar
    kathyd

    wow nice stove ! that is one thing that i can get really happy about .
    lucky you grace !
    xxoo

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  6. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    Welcome to ‘Sabine’, a new helper for your enterprises in the service of love and survival! It IS just wonderful. I think I felt that way- about having a great luxury when I bought my first ever mattress in that one year I had some money a decade or so ago. I still feel it.

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  7. tracy Avatar
    tracy

    It’s a wonderful stove. We lived with landlord stoves forever. Like you say, 4 burners didn’t happen often, and they never came clean. Congratulations! A stove of your own is wonderful.
    I’m still in love with your beautiful hollyhock munching beatles, but forgot to say so.

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  8. Patricia Avatar
    Patricia

    and the truck–now that’s a TRUCK–have you named it? and the plant you’re watering–kinda looks like a pepper plant? what would that be–and let’s see, one other thing, how did you get the stove inside?

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  9. Cynthia Avatar
    Cynthia

    simmering is wonderful..sabine is beautiful and i love the wine bottle and the promise of slow cooked aromas filling the air…oh happy day

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  10. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    it’s wonderful. . .appreciating something that works well. . .and knowing. . .that yes, Sabine can simmer. . .and she can presumably do all the increments between that and full boil. . sssssssss…love

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  11. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    Oh, congratulations!! I have a new stove, too, first one I’ve ever bought. All the burners work, too, for the first time in 11 years. I have a dedicated simmer burner and a turbo boil – which is rather intense! But, what joy to have options when cooking. Happy simmering with Sabine, she is compact and very attractive!

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  12. Debbie Pawle Avatar
    Debbie Pawle

    Thats some stove love the steel look, and some truck for that matter, I see we share the same taste in wine.

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  13. Dana Avatar
    Dana

    Sleekly simmering Sabine. Sabine simmers sleekly. A lovely stove…what a treat.

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  14. grace Avatar
    grace

    after SO LONG with the much loved but crazy Dixie stove,
    Appreciation just FLOWS

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  15. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. just the best stove ever.

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  16. grace Avatar
    grace

    it is. it extends all along that kitchen counter top
    wall. I did it during a weekend of total frustration
    once during the Maniac Days. It’s pretty much from
    National Geographics but also old Anthropology Catalogs
    back when they were beautiful
    it’s maybe 13 14 years ago i did it and it is still
    good as new

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  17. grace Avatar
    grace

    its an apartment size, so it could fit old Dixie’s spot
    without ripping out a wall or something rash….
    and the thing i love best about it is that it is
    how i wish all household things would be…( i think
    it might have been designed by a woman who does her
    own cleaning) it is devoid of clever useless Trim that
    makes it hard to clean. it is SLEEK and PLAIN. This i
    love.

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  18. grace Avatar
    grace

    this is what i really appreciate Credit Cards for. it
    might take me forever to pay it off, but all that
    forever time, i will be Happy and able to cook normally
    instead a half a pan at a time. Also, old Dixie was
    really, kind of dangerous.

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  19. grace Avatar
    grace

    aren’t those beetles just amazing? and they appear
    for just a short time. their design is simple..well,
    kind of like the stove.

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  20. grace Avatar
    grace

    oh the truck. for years i told him that i didn’t think
    i wanted it. That’s his favorite thing, to tell you
    over and over what he is going to give you when he’s
    dead. ( he also is going to give me his dining room table and chairs, which i DO NOT want but don’t say that because it would hurt his feelings too much) But he hasn’t been able to drive it for many years
    and in the last several, can’t even get up into it to ride.
    and then Jenny and i used it to bring the Goats to and
    back from California..hauling the horse trailer…
    so for most everything, it’s just TOO MUCH. It uses
    an ocean of gas. But for some things, it’s needed. So it will still stay in the Old Cowboy’s driveway until he
    gives up his house and moves in with the relatives. Then i will bring it here. Well, not really…it will live
    at Bill and Nelia’s house. Bill will use it when he needs a truck like it in exchange for doing maintenance. Will
    be shared. and no…no name yet.
    the most amazing thing is that it’s a ’94 and still, including the California treks has less than 40,000 miles
    on it. also needed new tires (weather rot) a couple years ago and when i got to the Costco in Albuquerque after
    a harrowing drive there on cracked tires, they only had
    3 that matched for it except for a set of heavy duty Off Road ones…so…that’s what we have…compliments of the
    Old Cowboy.
    It’s a BIG thing. i feel like a little toy driving it.

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  21. grace Avatar
    grace

    yup..Wine and Thou…
    i am imagining a complex many panned India Indian
    feast….
    and also….the Joy of Joys….canning tomatoes….
    oh, Ecstasy!

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  22. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. BOIL. all of it. and
    Safely.
    Safe is a really great thing….
    sssss back

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  23. grace Avatar
    grace

    compact. yes. just 20″. I love that. That she’s small.
    Wow….a Turbo Boil….eeeeeeeeeeee! i am IMAGINING that…
    what will you do with that burner??????

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  24. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes…the stainless steel oven door. What i really
    loved was that Black was an option. I love Black.
    is so less intrusive than white…
    and smile, the wine, well….it does the trick. I
    always remember when my son came once and i gave him
    a glass and he tasted, he’s a Chef, said
    “What’s this?” Wine, i said.
    he “No it’s not, its Vinegar”.
    but as i said, it does the trick….gives that little
    blurrrrrrr at the end of a day

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  25. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. sleek, sleek Sabine. Oh the food that will happen.
    I really love to cook.

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