Category Archives: The kids

~:: Santa Fe: Pt. 3 & 4 ::~

Phooey and phooey.  The new install wiped out my stats and a bunch of comments and replies.  We found the comments in the database and I have tried to restore them; meanwhile, it looks like I was ignoring everybody.  And … Continue reading

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~:: Santa Fe: Pt. 2 ::~

More amazing land: We walked the wide cinder paths across the desert, careful not to step onto the living crust of the land. Chaz boots – in the middle – have seen everywhere from Japan to Wales to the deserts … Continue reading

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~:: The Wood Knocks Back ::~

Note on the last three days: earlier this year I updated WordPress, my blog software.  I’d never had a problem doing this before – but this time, I lost my visual editor and nothing I could do, nothing on the … Continue reading

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~:: Oh, Say – Can You See? ::~

At risk of repeating stories (which I am destined to do till the day I die), I was taken – charmed – intrigued – when (as a little kid) I saw the movie Pollyanna.  It was the 4th of July … Continue reading

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~:: More Relics of Joy ::~

Starting with the light I’m always trying to show you: along the river, the last dying flame of the sun, traveling back up river. I look out the back windows and the light is so striking, so dramatic, that I … Continue reading

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Mutiny in the Bounty

I am first apologizing for both Rachel and me.  Her kids are out for summer holidays, and she’s feeling pretty good – so there’s no holding still to read or write.  Not with Levi and his little brother running wild … Continue reading

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~:: FHE at Ginger’s ::~

First of all, if you want to see one of the most beautiful sunsets that ever hung itself to dry over our lake I am sending you here (the amazing Ginger) and here (the brilliant Marilyn). Because I DIDN’T SEE … Continue reading

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~:: vita interruptus ::~

I figured out how to explain it.  You know, that thing that happens when you get home from vacation and walk back into your house, and suddenly, don’t remember who you used to be when you lived there?  Or a … Continue reading

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~:: Fleeting Fame ::~

Fun day.  Played with horses.  Woke Chaz up and had a strange conversation.  Went to pick her up but couldn’t find her.  We ran to the opening day of Farmer’s Market and saw some really cool stuff.  No time to … Continue reading

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~:: Have at Thee, Then ::~

First, can’t help shooting the yard again.  This is SO May. Magic.  People with diaphanous robes and flowers in their hair play here before we get up and after we fall asleep.  Also skunks do. Shadows JUST LIKE SUMMER.  Except … Continue reading

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