It’s that time of year again, when we have left-over pumpkin decorations in need of disposal. This year I decided to make multiple successive passes through a single target – and had multiple targets to eliminate. I first selected the one decorated in the lovely “barren oak tree” motif by my wife, shown here next

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I can passably play the piano, which is to say that most of the time I sit down and attempt to sound competent on one I succeed. I started with limited lessons when I was nine (or thereabouts, I really don’t recall), but didn’t stick with it for more than a couple of months before

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