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~:: Things Made ::~
Finding gifts for grownups. Tough. While you may still be able to slip in a Matchbook car, trying to figure out which video camera accessory or computer component or even sweater or Sephora product is going to do the job … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Making Things
Tagged Chaz, deer, fox, Gin, making things, muslin, paint, sheep, treasure chest
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~:: On Making Things ::~
I wonder, sometimes, how many stupid things I say in a day. How many things that make total sense to me, but that can be, and will probably be, construed differently by the people I say them to? Considering the … Continue reading
~:: 2014 Ornament Bash ::~
okay. I can’t remember when we started this party. I think it was probably 1979. I may have explained explained the origins of this crazy n0w-tradition in other posts; my father and mother (I really I have to say this surprises me; … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Christmas, Events, Felt stuff, friends, Fun Stuff, holidays, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Stuffed things, Uncategorized
Tagged Christmas party, friends, ornaments
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~:: What is the Grandmother Doing? ::~
Yeah – it’s been an age since I entered anything here. But then, it’s been an age since I started doing genealogy again. I finished a long-time dream: the book of my darling mother’s life. Turned out to be some … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Doing Things, Family, Fun Stuff, Making Things, Memories and Ruminations, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, The g-kids
Tagged Andy, Cammon, dresses, fall, Gigi, Guy, Halloween, Lorri, Scooter, sewing
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Arringtons: John D and Nicholas – Greene, Al and Warren, NC
Arrington: The saga of Greene County, Alabama’s John D and Nicholas Arrington For Arrington Wills and Probates, including William and two Arthurs of Isle of Wight and Nash Counties, North Carolina, Two James of Warren and many docs from Green … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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~:: A Story ::~
The problem with me and blogging these last couple of years is simple and systemic: you have to be able to sit still long enough to write something down. Sitting still works while you are in thinking mode. Doesn’t work … Continue reading
Posted in Doing Things, Epiphanies and Meditations, friends, Fun Stuff, Geneva, HappyHappyHappy, Horses, Just life
Tagged helping, Horses, sabbath, trailers
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~:: A Sad Little Story ::~
Some of you aren’t going to understand this. The last year has been just kinda hard. I shake my head at myself for writing that, knowing the kinds of things many of you have been dealing with. Mine has just … Continue reading
~:: That Which Makes Us Tired ::~
In response to a blog recommended to me by my dear M: my comment. It would appear that I can still write opinion. I may not be sitting down with images just now, or telling stories of family life, but … Continue reading
~:: Frozen – a Case for Thawing Out a Little ::~
I haven’t blogged for months, and what finally goads me into writing? A movie. Or rather, some public reaction to a movie. When I saw the trailer for Frozen, months and months ago, I wasn’t interested; obnoxious … Continue reading
~:: Reset ::~
I don’t know if this starting again will work. Mostly because I don’t know why it stopped working in the first place. It has occurred to me that the problem might have been in having too much to say, and … Continue reading
Posted in whining
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