Category Archives: Family

Traditions—gotta love ’em

Some shots of the new studio room: (and the lovely musical son):     More Christmas  While in our house the Great Thanksgiving Feast is about food, ritual, family and tradition (is that the same as ritual?), the Great Christmas … Continue reading

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Our Christmas Card: letter and pictures, including sentiment.

A Merry, Merry Christmas from our yard to yours— This post brought to you by the Fabulous Web Tools written by Murphy Randle and given to his mother for Christmas. WHAT A GUY!! (And how will I live without him?) … Continue reading

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November Ghosts Two: in Lehi

My parents came to visit last month. They haven’t been here in years, mostly because my mother isn’t doing so well. But in October, my brother wanted my dad to come up and ordain him a high priest, and help … Continue reading

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Large Syringe/Shorter Ghost

Nov 1, 2007 The little absurdities of life (or—another excuse not to sit down and face writing the last chapters of the latest book). Scene: my house with Ginna in it. Ginna (pointing at me): Max, what’s her name? Max … Continue reading

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Editing with a Toolbelt

October 23, 2007 My grandmother’s house had a basement. For me, an LA kid, brought up in a little stucco ranch on a slab, this was a place of mystery. I could spend a good while talking about that house, … Continue reading

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Shards and parcels –

Woke up to snow. This was not a surprise—while we watched the BYU home game last night on Cam’s very large plasma TV, the field went from that lovely football green to a white wasteland. “We think it’s a first … Continue reading

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Once upon a mountain—

Here I am, Feb 2012, looking back at this.  I had to reinsert the images.  I’ve gone through it on the fly.  To this day, we relive this in our dreams.  To this day, we’ve none of us had a … Continue reading

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Kitchen Doors and Bathroom Floors

We went to take some of Guy’s homemade bread to a man we know. His wife was in the hospital for knee surgery, and we thought the bread might be a comfort. We don’t know him well, this man. He’s … Continue reading

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