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~:: 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
8 Comments
~:: 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
30 Comments
~:: The Tiniest Family Thanksgiving ::~
Okay. So life gets very complicated when your children grow up and start marrying people, and by default, the other people’s families. Once it was just no big deal, filling up the places at the table. I can remember, both … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Family, holidays, Seasons, The kids
Tagged dinner, holidays, inlaws, kids, Thanksgiving
6 Comments
~:: November 2013 ::~
I know this is November because G has already sucked up all the leaves. October is a glorious riot. November is this quiet, sorta peaceful and bland time between wild October and glorious December. See how the children are playing … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, dogs, Family, friends, Fun Stuff, Light, The outside world
Tagged Autumn, deer, dogs, fish, leaves, neighbors, pumpkins, wind thing
6 Comments
~:: Ergodicity ::~
What a swell word. Has to do with statistics, mostly – as in the consideration of erstwhile moments as indications of probability in a system. Or something. I am choosing to mean it thus: any given moment in the past … Continue reading
~:: 365 Dollars Short ::~
The last time I really felt like telling a story here – I mean, that feeling that drives you to put things into words – was last year. A year ago. And I didn’t do it. It was on a … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Epiphanies and Meditations, Events, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Rachel, Seasons, The g-kids, The kids, The outside world
Tagged family, june, last year, Lorri, Rachel, racing
23 Comments
~:: Once Upon a Time ::~
I don’t believe in fairy tales. I think I did once, but only a little. I did believe in Santa Claus. Or else, I believed that there was a “should” to finding surprises and delights left in your living room … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Family, Journeys, Just life, Memories and Ruminations
Tagged anniversary, cold, spring, work
32 Comments
~:: A Ghost Story ::~
A few years back, when I had no barn but was big as one, my mother came, as mothers often do when their children need them. It was October, and it had been a long nine months. The weather was … Continue reading