Category Archives: Geneva

~:: A Story ::~

The problem with me and blogging these last couple of years is simple and systemic: you have to be able to sit still long enough to write something down. Sitting still works while you are in thinking mode.  Doesn’t work … Continue reading

Posted in Doing Things, Epiphanies and Meditations, friends, Fun Stuff, Geneva, HappyHappyHappy, Horses, Just life | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

~:: More Fourth ::~

The 4th of July.  Independence Day. Barbecues, parades (with horses), fireworks, craft fairs, patriotic villages, friends, games, marching bands, bagpipes, craziness.  This year started with G getting up early to run a 10K race.  And Chaz and Chelsea and I … Continue reading

Posted in Events, Family, friends, Fun Stuff, Geneva, HappyHappyHappy, holidays, Rachel, Seasons, The g-kids, The kids | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

~:: Back to the 4th ::~

I’m going to be moving backward in time here. Unevenly, too. Again, this blog is – at its heart – the journal I’m keeping of our lives. So I don’t want to miss things. I just wish I weren’t compelled … Continue reading

Posted in Family, friends, Fun Stuff, Geneva, HappyHappyHappy, holidays, Rachel, Seasons, The g-kids, The kids | Tagged , , , , | 22 Comments

~:: Winter Interlude ::~

It’s the middle of January.  In this hemisphere, that means we are in the thick of winter, buried in snow, crusted with hoar frost. But not this year.  Yesterday, I bundled up and went out to the barn to watch … Continue reading

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~:: For Friends We Never Meet ::~

This is a very little story.  It happened in 1994.  Or it started there.  My parents had organized the second of our two family reunions, this one in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, where they had a time share.  I have just … Continue reading

Posted in A little history, Family, friends, Geneva, HappyHappyHappy, Memories and Ruminations, Rachel, The kids | Tagged , , , , , | 36 Comments

~:: Amazing Things ::~

Nothing to do with personal angst.  YAYAYAY!!!!  Instead, I’m writing about yesterday.  And I meant to start with something I was deeply pleased with, but have – after a night of interesting dreams – totally forgotten about.  So I will, … Continue reading

Posted in A little history, Geneva, Rachel, The g-kids | Tagged , , , , , , | 24 Comments