Category Archives: Family

Texas Smackdown

Posted on January 31, 2009 by K

            I had a great time in Texas.  My dad has made himself a very pleasant nest, baching it like a pro.  And while he says that the one thing that disturbs him is opening a … Continue reading →

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Ambushed

Posted on January 31, 2009 by K

            So I was looking up the song “At this Moment” by Billy Vera and the Beaters, because I watched a Biography Channel thing about Mike. J Fox the other morning on the treadmill.  Does anybody remember … Continue reading →

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And Mommy starts to fade

Posted on January 29, 2009 by K

           Among the myriad things my mother taught me—the fastest way to make somebody laugh is to tell them not to, sewing can be fun as long as you don’t get your thumbnail involved in the seams, … Continue reading →

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On mommyness—

Posted on January 26, 2009 by K

Jan 16, 2009             I’ve probably said this before, but if I had to choose some identifiable brand for myself, it would probably be Shakespeare’s Bottom.  Yes, yes—the joke is built in.  Of course, I’m talking about Bottom the Joiner … Continue reading →

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In case you were wondering

Posted on January 18, 2009 by K

This is what it’s like to have horses: You get up in the morning. (Some people do this earlier than I do. Let me just explain that I get up WAY earlier than I would if I didn’t know people … Continue reading →

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Snow and Sunday Evening, illustrated –

Posted on January 9, 2009 by K

A picture saves a thousand words.  I wonder what a vid saves, then?  I sent the vid.  Now, I send pictures, just odds and ends from the end of one world and the beginning of another.  Take heart; life rolls … Continue reading →

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It may be subzero . . .

Posted on January 7, 2009 by K

But there’s still revelry in THIS house:

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Okay, now – so it goes in which column?

Posted on December 30, 2008 by K

         It is a good thing to remember to eat your fruits and vegetables.  If you don’t, you’ll be forced to fill in the deficit with chocolate.  In this cheerful season of diversity and culinary debauchery, you can … Continue reading →

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The Morning After —

Posted on December 27, 2008 by K

Okay. So on Christmas morning I learned something: going back to bed and pulling the covers over your head? Not a good plan. Oh, yes, it sounds good. Here—everything in your life has changed, nothing is working right or feeling … Continue reading →

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The Card

Posted on December 24, 2008 by K

(Caution Dick – recycled and refurbished) My mother used to type out her annual Christmas letter so carefully—on a real typewriter, no tech help. After it was perfect, she—I don’t even know how to explain this. She had a flat, … Continue reading →

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