Category Archives: Family

Changing it Up: pt.1

Monsters aside, there’s a lot of stuff that the homeowner has to do herself, getting ready for the launch of a new space.  Like take all the stuff out of the old space.  Stuff she’d forgotten she had.  Stuff that … 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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): Sweet Sorrow :(

Airports used to be in my blood.  We were always flying free, my family – to see the Missouri grandmothers, to have our teeth done in Chicago (my dentist uncle), eventually, to visit Paris when I was fourteen.  I used … Continue reading

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=:Constructions:=

I had forgotten. We built this house about thirty two years ago.  We had a friend general contract, but his wife was having a rough pregnancy, and in the end, we were the generals.  The most significant memory: driving by … Continue reading

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~=:Valentine’s- YAY!!

Valentine’s was always a big thing in my house.  It wasn’t only the making of the classroom Heart Covered Mail Box and the careful choosing of kitty and puppy valentines for friends.  It was a family thing.  I don’t know … Continue reading

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~::February Scrap::~

1) I figured out what I want for my birthday.  And I’m telling you now so you can keep an eye out:  Marilyn, who just turned thirty (how did you DO that?), posted her 30 poils of wisdom (that’s “pearls” … Continue reading

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—:=Awake=:—

Awake. This is my year’s Word.  So it should define my stomping ground, my territory, my attitudinal homesteading rights.  But I am having trouble proving up my deed on it.  For one twelfth of this new year, I have been … 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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What the Lady wore ~

As promised. The flamboyant and convention-challenged daughter who carries her own stories about with her. Chaz, dresses for travel. I gave up heels altogether almost thirty years ago.  Too fond of my ankles and too worried about the safety of … Continue reading

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