Category Archives: Christmas

~:: On Making Things ::~

I wonder, sometimes, how many stupid things I say in a day. How many things that make total sense to me, but that can be, and will probably be, construed differently by the people I say them to? Considering the … Continue reading

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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

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~:: Christmas Day ::~

So, Chaz came to stay overnight on Christmas Eve, as she always does. But she did not get up before dawn.  Neither did we.  The kids were all going to show up at about nine, so the following pictures are … Continue reading

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~:: December Making ::~

More evening light in the middle of the afternoon.  This is what my studio looks like at Christmas. Sewing machine, organic bits of this and that, inorganic bits of this and that – Here is a little deer.  I’ve been … Continue reading

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~:: Christmas Fête 2013 ::~

I didn’t shoot a lot of images of anything this year.  But I did remember to ask to borrow one of Cam’s photo lights so that I could shoot the Christmas Party ornaments – so you guys could see them … Continue reading

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~:: Yes . . . er . . . ::~

Here’s something I saved till Christmas. And then forgot to do. Give you. Give me, thinking I’m giving it to you. Yes. Our Christmas picture. I browbeat the children into all getting together with Cam’s Big Lights and everything. Then. … Continue reading

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~:: The Ornament Bash ::~

Here it is: an account of one raucous night in the company of greedy pirates and unprincipled chess players. ‘Twas two weeks before Christmas, and all through the place. All the children were scrambling, with wire and with lace  . … Continue reading

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~:: The Christmas Projects ::~

Okay, so I decided to make some handmade presents this year. You remember the camels.  And the dress I made for Andy? And there are a few other things that will show up in the Party post. I swore years … Continue reading

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~:: Camels, royally dressed ::~

I am not sure that I would consider a man wise—one who drapes and binds his camel with fancy bits that do nothing to make a subservient life more pleasant for the poor creature. But as these camels, every one … Continue reading

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~:: The Making of a Season ::~

To begin, we have an actual photographic depiction of Rachel, buying The Gardener, right here on my front porch.  This is the equivalent of breaking a bottle of bubbly on the bow of a ship.  Except dryer.  (And here, may … Continue reading

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