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The Great Pinata Party

As part of our Gin’s birthday ritual (the dispelling of winter), we always did a pinata.  We did it with the Wills down the street every year from almost the beginning of the children because 1) our two families always … Continue reading

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Friday, the 13th –

A couple of weeks ago, the daughter (step, but honestly, nobody’s counting) of a dear friend of mine had a baby.  A brave little girl baby who came three months premature.  The daughter had this baby alone, in a bathroom—a … Continue reading

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Two-fer

In honor of the fact that Gin is HERE, or has been (who has time to post things when they could be hanging with the angels?), and that it was kind of her birthday, we hauled out the ancient garland … Continue reading

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Why we sent our kid on a mission

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Enough to make your eyes ache –

Okay – you’ve gotta go look at the pictures Ginger just posted of her last ten days in Belize.  Remember what I just wrote about the pasture?  Well, this is the antidote.  The shots are great, but you almost have to … Continue reading

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Here you go, sir—um, I mean ma’am.

There are no beautiful/significant/artsy-pants pictures to be taken down at the pasture these days.  No, it’s all gone to slush and mud and depressed and shedding horses.  This is the ugly time of year.  If I had time, I’d challenge … Continue reading

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Texas Smackdown

            I had a great time in Texas.  My dad has made himself a very pleasant nest, baching it like a pro.  And while he says that the one thing that disturbs him is opening a … Continue reading

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Ambushed

            So I was looking up the song “At this Moment” by Billy Vera and the Beaters, because I watched a Biography Channel thing about Mike. J Fox the other morning on the treadmill.  Does anybody remember … Continue reading

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And Mommy starts to fade

           Among the myriad things my mother taught me—the fastest way to make somebody laugh is to tell them not to, sewing can be fun as long as you don’t get your thumbnail involved in the seams, … Continue reading

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On mommyness—

Jan 16, 2009             I’ve probably said this before, but if I had to choose some identifiable brand for myself, it would probably be Shakespeare’s Bottom.  Yes, yes—the joke is built in.  Of course, I’m talking about Bottom the Joiner … Continue reading

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