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Our Christmas Card: letter and pictures, including sentiment.
A Merry, Merry Christmas from our yard to yours— This post brought to you by the Fabulous Web Tools written by Murphy Randle and given to his mother for Christmas. WHAT A GUY!! (And how will I live without him?) … Continue reading
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November Short
A few pictures of our November adventures: I am not including shots of the Closing Up of the New Addition. I will take pictures of the piano, in state in the still unfinished, but now useable studio space. Instead, … Continue reading
Posted in Just life, Memories and Ruminations
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Of Cornucopias and Ports of Call
Two days before the great feast, I saw a pirate. He was in the bread and bagel aisle, and I sort of cut him off. But this was after the epiphany, and so I am telling things out of order. … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations
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Sum of the Parts –
I’m not making the personal essay->bloooogg transition well. I tried breaking this thing into three parts – but I’m afraid nobody will read them all because there are so many. And, my gosh, who’s going to leave comments on each … Continue reading
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A Bit of Ponder –
On riding a horse (but not really): People have been riding horses for ages. Horse=transportation. I was told by some of my up-start students this morning that riding a roller coaster is twenty times safer than riding a horse. Tell … Continue reading
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November Ghosts Two: in Lehi
My parents came to visit last month. They haven’t been here in years, mostly because my mother isn’t doing so well. But in October, my brother wanted my dad to come up and ordain him a high priest, and help … Continue reading
November Ghosts
On my blog roll, you’ll find my friend Rachel’s blog. She’s the mother of seven who almost died on the mountain with me. She’s writing about her experience with Levi, her 6th child who has a very rare and terrible … Continue reading
Posted in Just life, Memories and Ruminations
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Large Syringe/Shorter Ghost
Nov 1, 2007 The little absurdities of life (or—another excuse not to sit down and face writing the last chapters of the latest book). Scene: my house with Ginna in it. Ginna (pointing at me): Max, what’s her name? Max … Continue reading
Editing with a Toolbelt
October 23, 2007 My grandmother’s house had a basement. For me, an LA kid, brought up in a little stucco ranch on a slab, this was a place of mystery. I could spend a good while talking about that house, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Just life
Tagged building, Cam, Dad, fixingtools, G, men, Mother Jeanne, Murphy, studio addition, the basement
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Shards and parcels –
Woke up to snow. This was not a surprise—while we watched the BYU home game last night on Cam’s very large plasma TV, the field went from that lovely football green to a white wasteland. “We think it’s a first … Continue reading