Author Archives: K

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I am a genealogist.  Well, a sort of lapsed one.  Like a person who isn’t shaking at the moment is a lapsed Malaria sufferer.  I suppose that someday I’m going to have to actually sit down and write about doing … Continue reading

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Family

When I was a kid, I had two sets of cousins—one set on my dad’s side, one on my mom’s. Except for one almost two year stint in Kansas City, we never lived anywhere close to our cousins. We were … Continue reading

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What I miss –

I just came downstairs to find Skye, our blue merle collie, standing with his head nearly in a corner, staring fixedly down at something. I came up behind him, peered over his shoulder and realized that one of the big … Continue reading

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Women’s work—

First, I have two things to say: 1) I do not like saying goodbye.  Goodbye, Gin.  Goodbye, Max.  I can stand it today, but not yesterday. 2) Here’s a neat little technique: find something at Sam’s club that you know … Continue reading

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And the winnah is . . .

Drum Roll  Please!!!! (See, Megs?  I figured out how to do color!!  Woo-hoo!) Are you holding your breath?  Is your heart pounding? And if it’s not you, it’s not my fault.  It’s G’s.  Because I made him draw the winning … Continue reading

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Oh, give me a home –

Okay, home from church and dinner, consisting of a GF grilled chicken breast and left-over basically broccoli soup (where did that word come from, broccoli?  Does it sound French to you?  Latin?  Old high German?  And that spelling? Somebody made … Continue reading

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Me too, me too –

Oh, come on you little bums!  Only four of yous guys CARE??????  (Including Rachel, who already has it?Rachel – I’ll get you a Breaking Rank or a Slumming.)  This hurts.  This really hurts.  Step right up.  Take a swing.  You … Continue reading

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AHHHH! AHHHH!!

Warning: this a grass-roots, non-political person’s response to something she heard on the radio.  I stand to be corrected by those who may have first hand, educated in reality opinions concerning these things: So, I heard Mr. Obama on the … Continue reading

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The new addition –

A few minutes ago, G announced cheerfully that today, M had been gone eight months!  Only he was wrong.  He had it wrong.  Nobody around here is allowed to round up anything relative to time passing—time is only what it actually … Continue reading

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Input, input –

I find myself wishing this year away.  As though there will be no good in it.  As if it were all winter.  M will not be home in it.  Gin will not be moving back anywhere close.  All is waiting … Continue reading

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