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Category Archives: friends
Flipping Sweet Sorrow
We living creatures are constantly swimming in a confluence of diverse and dynamic systems. I know that. And I know that a peaceful day is something of a miracle. And any series of peaceful days is … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, friends
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~:: having a hay day ::~
Now, ya’ll may not find this interesting. But as a dyed-in-the-wool ignorant suburb-baby, I find it absolutely and utterly fascinating. Stick with me and I’ll have you well educated in the art of angsting over the coming winter and knowing … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Explanations, friends, Fun Stuff, Horses, Images, Just life, Seasons, The outside world
Tagged friends, hay, kids, summer, tractor
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The 4th: part tres
When I was a kid, I fell in love with Polyanna. The movie, I mean, not the character. I loved the prisms. And I loved most of all the 4th of July bazaar—the games and the flags and the corn on … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Family, friends, Fun Stuff, Images, Just life, Seasons, The kids, The outside world
Tagged crowns, family, food, fourth of July, foxes, friends, natives, pic nic
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More scrap 2(?)
I hate it when I got a lot to write about and no time or opportunity to do the mind-data dump. It makes me jumpy, keeping all these things in the air. So I think I’m going to do bullets, … Continue reading
More Scrap
More little scraps. To begin with: the company I keep. This is me, kind of dorky, always communicating (cry for those who live with me), a little dumpy, but well meaning and not terribly exciting. This is my … Continue reading
Conclavity of the Arts
When I was invited to function as the Mormon Arts Foundation’s Chair of Literature some years ago, I wasn’t sure I wanted to do it. Yeah, we make our living in the music biz, but that’s all just working class … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, friends, Fun Stuff, Just life, Making Things, The outside world
Tagged MAF, Making Things
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Oh, I wish, I wish, I wish
Okay, so tomorrow is my birthday. And I’ll be really, really old. And usually, I don’t let people get me stuff. I have everything I could ever dream of. Except maybe a basement. But there is something I do want … Continue reading
Rachel, Sophie and the Blustery Day
If I ever decide to go riding on a windy day again, remind me: this never turns out well. It was on a blustery day that I fell off my horse (for the first and only time in the real … Continue reading
Posted in friends, Horses, Images of our herd in specific, Just life
Tagged Rachel, sophie, wind
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Easter
First of all, may I tell you that after all that snow yesterday, the sun came out and melted it all? We went to bed looking forward to more spring, which we thought would come bounding back today. Ummm. At … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Family, friends, Fun Stuff, Seasons, The kids
Tagged Easter, spring, the kids
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Luba
I found Peter Hagerty when I was cruising the web, looking for instructions as to how to make a simple felted wool ball. Don’t ask me why I wanted to do this; there are just so many fascinating materials to … Continue reading
Posted in friends, Fun Stuff, Horses, Images of our herd in specific, Making Things, The outside world
Tagged felt, horse, Luba, peace
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