Monthly Archives: January 2010

For Skye ~

Posted on January 31, 2010 by K

We bought Skye off a truck. Off a van, actually. The breeder’s van, to be specific.  She was on her way home from a big dog show, and stopped by to let us test drive the promised male blue merle … Continue reading →

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Avoiding the question ~

Posted on January 31, 2010 by K

Here is a lovely and terrifying thing: my first baby turns thirty today.  This makes her a full-fledged human grown up.  And what does it make me? I will put up a picture later, but for now, may I say … Continue reading →

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For Colin ~

Posted on January 27, 2010 by K

———=0=——— For my sweet young man, I worked up the courage to try a bunny. A bunny to remember her by. It’s very hard to lose an animal you love. This bunny was designed by Lauri Sharp of Wool Pets. … Continue reading →

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What the Lady wore ~

Posted on January 24, 2010 by K

As promised. The flamboyant and convention-challenged daughter who carries her own stories about with her. Chaz, dresses for travel. I gave up heels altogether almost thirty years ago.  Too fond of my ankles and too worried about the safety of … Continue reading →

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Blue light ~

Posted on January 23, 2010 by K

It snowed last night.  I took the camera with me, hoping that this dawning might remind my eyes of light.  What I found the moment I walked through the door – the moment the sun crept over the lip of … Continue reading →

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How Chaz flew ~

Posted on January 23, 2010 by K

My Chaz.  This was one fab outfit.  Sadly, I didn’t shoot the hat by itself.  It’s incredible. I’ll put up more a little later.  We’re missing the boots, here. Not the way I fly.  I prefer pajamas.

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Another fuzzy lesson

Posted on January 23, 2010 by K

Taught by puppies: You can, as I have said, stuff two fat bones with cheese and put them down, each one in front of its puppy.  But only one will prove interesting; the puppies will agree to wrassle each other … Continue reading →

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Viva la

Posted on January 22, 2010 by K

And here’s another odd thing.  We watched the Polar Express this Christmas, a film I find both off-putting and oddly likeable.  The animation puzzles me—and my response to it is pretty well summed up by what I just said about … Continue reading →

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The kind of people we are~

Posted on January 21, 2010 by K

Kids figure things out by induction. Their picture of the world is so small, their experience episodic.  All they can do, really, is extrapolate from the things they observe in a tiny corner of reality.  And they categorize from the … Continue reading →

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Forget Balance

Posted on January 20, 2010 by K

I went to Costco today and bought only the thing I went there to buy.  (Puppy food) I want a prize.  A great big, first time prize. When I came home, G said, “And did you remember the toilet paper?” … Continue reading →

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