Category Archives: friends

=: Red, White and Blue :=

Once upon a time, I wrote this post which will tell you much more about me and the 4th of July than you will ever want to know.  And I posted pictures of that celebration, much smaller than our wont. … Continue reading

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~o:> After Word

If you’re getting sick of me writing about our endless mishaps, then you’re in good dang company.  This is a ripped off letter I sent to Rachel today, and I’m using it as a blog because my brain has run … Continue reading

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~o:> Day Trippin’: pt.2

The city, as it marches into the hills. Note the two completely different greens up there on the mountain: you can really see where the aspens end and the pine forest begins. Here we are in the city. We really … Continue reading

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~o:> Day Trippin’: pt. 1

So Rachel and I and the beautious Ms. K packed up our bags and headed into the mountains for a trip to OZ (home of the Emperor and His New Clothes). Park City started out a mere hundred or so … Continue reading

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HB to M

It’s TIME!!  And here are my  birthday plans: M’s best friend, Kyle, is getting married tomorrow.  He just COULDN’T wait six more weeks for M to come home, darn it.  Fairly shameful, considering that his first date with his beautiful … Continue reading

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Lending Strength

It’s been a long, dreary spring. We had snow on the ground yesterday. More coming next week.  When the planet itself wraps you up in gray, the light has to come from other places.  And earthly angels—one of my favorite … Continue reading

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=:Happy Gifts:=

My first gift: A few things from the ’80s First, these two gorgeous people.  I found them in the photo album I’ve been scanning the last month.  He’s a drummer.  She’s an angel. They’re older now, and have much better … Continue reading

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Avoiding the question ~

Here is a lovely and terrifying thing: my first baby turns thirty today.  This makes her a full-fledged human grown up.  And what does it make me? I will put up a picture later, but for now, may I say … Continue reading

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For Colin ~

———=0=——— For my sweet young man, I worked up the courage to try a bunny. A bunny to remember her by. It’s very hard to lose an animal you love. This bunny was designed by Lauri Sharp of Wool Pets. … Continue reading

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The Yule Shindig: pt. 2

Part Two: the party. As I have explained, probably once a year for the last almost twenty years I’ve been tell you these tales, this is a very old party.  The same people have been coming to it since the … Continue reading

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