Monthly Archives: August 2009

Caveat: part 4

Caveat six: read the small print             When we bought my iPhone, they talked us into buying Apple Care for it, and both Chaz and I walked away with the understanding that this was insurance even against loss and accident.  … Continue reading

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Caveat: part three

Caveat five: never assume.             You finally call the appliance repair guy because now your stove, your fridge AND your dishwasher are all crashing.  He’s a nice repair guy and comes out the very next day.  You have, of course, … Continue reading

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Caveats #2

Caveat Four: listen to the warning             When you buy a brand new old car and the guy who sold it to you (who is now something like your friend on Facebook, except in real life) hands you only one … Continue reading

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Would you like a little caveat with that?

Okay.  So I have not answered comments as I have wished to.  I have not even answered email.  I have spent the last month doing – I don’t know what – at about seventy miles per hour, which may be … Continue reading

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Why We Discourage Early Dating

You see what I’m talking about?  You SEE???   Whose children ARE these?  Where are their MOTHERS?  More to the point, which one of those mothers is taking this shot?  This is the peril.  This is the danger.  I mean, … Continue reading

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He’ll be going round the mountain . . .

M will be home, ten months from yesterday.  That was the first important thing about yesterday.  The second is that we ended up taking the colt for his FIRST LONG RIDE up the mountain.  It was a miracle of circumstance: … Continue reading

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Me, me, me

          Today, I rode three horses.  I keep noting these things because I am living a long dream.  I have loved horses all my life—except during a certain period of my life spent in college and pursuit … Continue reading

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Frazz and the mirror eyes~

There are two places where I always end up feeling nervous and small.  One is the airport.  When I was young, my dad worked for TWA, and we’d always fly standby – free to see my grandmother, cousins.  The catch … Continue reading

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Frazz and the Slithering Tails

On Friday, I suggested that Frazz might want to go outside and play.  We have a great yard—trees and rope swings and hills and little forests.  I had visions of myself propped up in a lawn chair with a book, … Continue reading

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Frazz and the Exploding Pony

So much to write—so little time. When the Gin set comes to visit, all of the family together, Frazz cannot touch the horses.  This is because he does not want his mother’s head to explode.  Or her eyes either.  Or … Continue reading

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