Category Archives: holidays

~:: Tis the Season ::~

Posted on December 20, 2010 by K

The horse arena is sopping.  Sopping, soaked, swampy.  And there’s more rain coming.  We woke to snow.  But the rain washed it away.  This on top of other snow and subsequent rain.  Even the high stalls are now turning to … Continue reading →

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~:: Take it again, from the top – ::~

Posted on December 12, 2010 by K

Ah, the time wings by, doesn’t it?  How can you “keep Christmas as a Lord Mayor’s household should,” and still have time to write about the experience? Here is the coolest possible thing in parenthood: when your grown up, single, … Continue reading →

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~:: A little more about thanks ::~

Posted on December 2, 2010 by K

For me, when I can’t get to the  keyboard to write, it’s like having to sneeze in the middle of a solemn assembly.  But when I can sit down and start pounding the keys, the relief my fingers give me … Continue reading →

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~:: Bits of Eden ::~

Posted on November 28, 2010 by K

My father just turned 88.  He outdid his own father’s life by almost 30 years.  I’m not that ambitious, myself.  Happy birthday, Daddy. The perfect, perfect, perfect day: Saturday after Thanksgiving, the great feast eaten. Two days spent setting the … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 7, 2010 by K

That thing?  That <:)B thing?  It’s supposed to be a turkey.  Yeah.  I’m really good at this keyboard art biz – .  Home, on the couch, nursing a felty throat. In answer  to and in solidarity with a few other … Continue reading →

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::! Fame !::

Posted on October 31, 2010 by K

If you were watching the World Series Halloween night (sorry, Rangers), you saw my sister on National TV!!  They were doing a Fox news Happy Halloween thing, shooting a bunch of trick-or-treaters knocking on a door – AND IT WAS … Continue reading →

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~;;~ Some Haunting Images ~;;~

Posted on October 31, 2010 by K

As I have mentioned before, my mom used to sew up our Halloween costumes.  I remember the cat one, which I loved, but I don’t remember any others; there might be movies of us on Halloween, but my parents weren’t … Continue reading →

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~;;~ Part Three: one thing I have made ~;;~

Posted on October 27, 2010 by K

You do realize that my decorative marks up there are little bats, right?  And I will tell you that we woke up to snow on the roof this morning.  Ack.  And sigh.  But a white roof justifies an extra hour … Continue reading →

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