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Happily retired. Voracious reader (mostly Folio Society editions), family-tree researcher, TooMuchBrudders.com family blogger. Married to 5th generation farmer. My grandson calls me Goose. 📚💙☘️
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#NowReading a Josephine Tey mystery. Inherited a Folio Society library from my dear parents a few years back. Tey was one of the great discoveries. 📚💙 #FolioSociety

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“Oh, hello. Will you be by with the dessert cart soon?” #nature

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A postcard from a young father in 1931 found among Mom’s archives: toomuchbrudders.com/2022/10/30/t... 📬 #familystories #Connecticut 📚💙

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She dreamed a dream, but did it mean? Here’s a poem my mom wrote after dreaming about her mother in 2002: toomuchbrudders.com/2025/05/22/d... #poem #poetry 📚💙

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I misread the title Hercule Poirot’s Casebook - and now I really want a copy of Hercule Poirot’s Cookbook! 👨🏻‍🍳 📚💙

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After inheriting my parents’ library, I can’t help but wonder which books were their favorite. The answer regarding this classic came to me in a roundabout way: toomuchbrudders.com/2024/08/18/o... 📚💙💡 #familystories #foliosociety #books

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It happened so long ago, but this family story was a tough one emotionally to piece together: toomuchbrudders.com/2025/05/18/1... #familystories #Maine #genealogy 📚💡

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☘️ “The kissingest cafferty in the clan …” ☘️ That’s my favorite line from the poem Mom wrote about her uncle Jack Cassidy, who was born on this day in 1893: toomuchbrudders.com/2020/03/28/s... #poem #Irish #poetry #botd #familystories

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In 40+ years of marriage, Farmer Gary never told me about the Rain Train. But I guess I never asked: toomuchbrudders.com/2024/02/09/t... 🚂 #weather #familystories #farmlife 📚💙

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📚 Eight book recommendations - have you read any of them? toomuchbrudders.com/2024/01/31/l... 📚💙⚡️💡 #FolioSociety

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For International Dylan Thomas Day, here’s a poem my mom wrote upon hearing of the death of one of her favorite poets in 1953: toomuchbrudders.com/2021/11/09/t... 📚💙💡 #poetry #dylanthomas #dylanday

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Anyone else have a fear of heights? Here’s my family’s story: toomuchbrudders.com/2023/07/25/t... #poetry #poem #familystories #blog 📚💙💡

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Growing up, I ran away from “stinky cheese.” Then I married a dairy farmer: toomuchbrudders.com/2023/05/13/s... 🧀 #poems #poetry #familystories #farmlife 📚💙

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There’s nothing like snuggling up under a comforter with your grandchild to read The Wizard of Oz together. (Especially when said comforter has a bright poppy design, to fit the theme.) 📚💙 #FolioSociety

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A vulture, sunning himself, a stone’s throw from our sunroom. (No stones were thrown.) #nature #farmlife

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A tribute to my poet mom, who passed away from Parkinson’s in 2019: toomuchbrudders.com/2019/11/27/t... #poetry #mothersday 📚💙 #familystories

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Hummingbirds are back! Here’s a story - and a poem - from last year: toomuchbrudders.com/2024/08/16/e... #nature #familystories #poetry #poem

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My mom wrote this tale about the origin of Angel’s Trumpet in 1946, when she was 16. I’m still learning from her, all these years later: toomuchbrudders.com/2025/05/09/t... #flowers #familystories #nature

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Graduation Day is here for many this weekend and the next few weekends. Here’s the story of my mom’s in New Haven back in 1944: toomuchbrudders.com/2019/07/27/g... 🎓 #familystories #graduation

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