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I almost forgot…<\/p>\n

The one thing I’m going to stay up for: Peter O’Toole’s acceptance of his special Oscar. That should be worth seeing. \"The<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I’ve shifted my two buckets of dirt and stones for this hour. I can’t believe the effort digging that hole must have caused Peter. (You can see the [temporary] result of his labors alongside. This picture was taken before the various water plants died off for the winter. But there are plenty of leaves from the huge beech trees that line the opposite side of the road. Every now and then I alternate hauling buckets of dirt with pulling a bunch of the leaves out in a futile attempt to keep the water from turning into beech tea. But they just keep coming back, the way the kitchen sink somehow just keeps filling with dishes… Anyway, still plenty of work to do on the pond, as you can see. Shelving stones need to be added all around, more stones added in the back, etc etc. I’m not going to do any of that until the rockery work to the left is finished. Sometime in 2004, at this rate.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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