Category Archives: holidays

~:: Rewind: Mouse-end ::~

The promised end of the mouse tale: After much doing of this – and this and this, we found a great, smooth round stone made into a fountain.  It sat inside some sort of collar, and water was constantly running … Continue reading

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~:: Yet More Mouse ::~

These are TERRIBLE pictures.  Some of them.  The little camera – the tiny lens – I ask too much of it, which is NOT what a good photographer does.  But I’m not worried – the mouseness comes through anyhow. Here … Continue reading

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~:: More Mouse ::~

First thing to remember: I am using the POINT AND SHOOT.  These first shots are blurry, not because of the camera, but because I was actually trying to dance and shoot at the same time.  Second thing to remember: I … Continue reading

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~:: Oh, Say – Can You See? ::~

At risk of repeating stories (which I am destined to do till the day I die), I was taken – charmed – intrigued – when (as a little kid) I saw the movie Pollyanna.  It was the 4th of July … Continue reading

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~:: Just Saint Pat ::~

One of the things I have actually known for sure in my life is that we were Irish.  I don’t remember when I first knew it, but I tasted it every day after that all through my young-in-family years.  Green … Continue reading

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Green Icky Balls and Russian Hats

Oh-oh-oh, before I start, here.  I would like to announce the fact that I have fixed the Firefox problem (very perplexing).  I finally had the time and focus to go through the html/php/css to find the thing that had broken … Continue reading

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~:: Christmas Morning 2010 ::~

Christmas Eve at my brother’s  beautiful house.  For decades, we were alone up here, all of both our families states and states away.  But then G’s sister and brother moved here, and my brother.  Suddenly – family!  My brother explained … Continue reading

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~:: Ring, Christmas Lights ::~

Ginna put up this cool header.  It’s still there.  Or it was this afternoon.  And I found myself enviously wondering how the heck she did it.  So I got out my camera and thought about it. Palm against forehead – … Continue reading

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*::Yule Shindig 2010::*

Every year, we have the same party.  (see this and this and this and maybe this if you want some history – or repetition)  It’s pretty much the only party we have anymore.  And it’s a mean son-of-a-gun.  We started it … Continue reading

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~:: Of Birth and Holy Birth ::~

I have to explain how I feel about nativities.  My first experience with one was when I was in high school and my dad built a bunch of crèches in his workshop.  Every year, he made stuff in the shop … Continue reading

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