Category Archives: Family

~: The heart of it :~

I’m in Santa Fe. Wait.  Was that a twit?  Am I twittering? #1. I’m getting off the plane in Santa Fe. #2. I’m walking down the concourse, looking for the baggage claim.  (Later, I would find that TSA had SEARCHED … Continue reading

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:: Introducing . . . ::

We still have two fun children left (the other two being stodgy grown-ups with children and responsibilities of their own), so last week, we took the Fun Ones to Disneyland.  We have been waiting to go to Disneyland for the … Continue reading

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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 !::

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 ~;;~

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 Four: the other thing I made ~;;~

It finally occurred to me that knitting yard into shapes could yield something perhaps more functional than horses. (Is there really anything more functional than horses?)  I hate making clothes.  Sewing them always left me unsatisfied (does it fit?  Kind … Continue reading

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

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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~;;~ Game Day pt.2: the cookies ~;;~

Take a very good look, because what you see now was gone yesterday.  Stormy, seasonal (for a change) weather, we’ve got now.  But on game day – it was like this: early morning slant light, sun just over the mountains … Continue reading

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~;;~ game day and stormy weather: pt 1 ~;;~

I have spent weeks now with the camera glued to my face.  But the storms have come in, and autumn leaves do not weather weather, so soon enough I’ll stop.  Will you hate it if I keep posting what I’ve … Continue reading

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:: All Hallow’s Eve ::

I’m in the way of writing about Halloween today.  I know I’ve written about it a little before, but today is such a gloriously gloomy sort of day, I’m just feelin’ it.  I love holidays.  I love the ones that … Continue reading

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