Author Archives: K

A hard night –

I will not say that I would’ve awakened tomorrow, feeling that the world had been saved.  There is too much going on now in this country that cannot be solved by rhetoric and bailouts.  But I would not have had … Continue reading

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Home Color

Postcards from the home front: Sometimes there’s a lot to say. Sometimes there’s just a lot to show: Autumn is so family for me, perhaps because winter is coming on, and you want to bundle up in your safest, warmest … Continue reading

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Luxury!!!

My own bed! My own bathroom! And Rachel is home!!! She won’t be dancing in the streets any time soon, but she’s in her own bed, too. Miraculous! Riches! No more waking up every two hours so that people can … Continue reading

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Casting Bread

           My mother used to make bread.  By hand.  What I mean is that there was a period of time when she did this.  I don’t remember a lot about it—a very large metal bowl, the … Continue reading

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Campaign Away!

I’m going to be straight about this: I’m voting for the McCain ticket in November. It’s not because I love everything about it, More like, I’m less afraid of it. There’ve been maybe two elections in my whole life in … Continue reading

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Being Good

I’m not.  Good, I mean.  I’m not good.  Not that I’m bad, exactly.  Like, I don’t kick blind dogs or anything.  But I am for certain, and always have been, pretty self concerned.  And fearful.  And angry.  And lazy.  Reluctant.  … Continue reading

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Rivers of Drowsy Aspen

One of the greatest delights of our lives is to ride the mountains in autumn.  Every year I’m scared we won’t get up there.  But every year, we manage to sneak away (if you can call it sneaking when you’re … Continue reading

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Header

By the way, inspired by Lorena’s very large but doomed tomato, I decided to use G’s out-of-control vines for the header here. The red fruit is a normal sized tomato. The big green thing? Not a pumpkin, actually. And there … Continue reading

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How We Watch Football

Times change. We change. Football doesn’t change much, but how we watch it surely does. Our house used to be the place for BYU football. All the kids there. Yelling and jumping around. Saying bad words (that would be me; … Continue reading

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Dogs, but no cats –

So okay. Someone explain to me why this happens – I’m doing the treadmill thing (did you know that exercise seems to be part of the prevention of dementia? Now what was I talking about?) watching as The News trots … Continue reading

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