Category Archives: Visits

The new addition –

A few minutes ago, G announced cheerfully that today, M had been gone eight months!  Only he was wrong.  He had it wrong.  Nobody around here is allowed to round up anything relative to time passing—time is only what it actually … Continue reading

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Two-fer

In honor of the fact that Gin is HERE, or has been (who has time to post things when they could be hanging with the angels?), and that it was kind of her birthday, we hauled out the ancient garland … Continue reading

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Texas Smackdown

            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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And Mommy starts to fade

           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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A Little Thanks

Some years ago, I opened my soul to a person I had thought of as a very good friend: “At the very first sense of chill in the evening air, the very first whisper of Autumn, do you find yourself … Continue reading

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Having Negotiated the Skies

            I do not hold with trend these days of children going away.  Growing up, I am all for.  It’s just that moving out and moving off stuff that I am having a hard time with.  … Continue reading

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The East, part 10: The Great Cupcake Project

It started at the grocery store when we ran into a very attractive idea: icing in a can.  It even included tips – star, leaf, ribbon and writing.  The only way we were going to justify taking that can home … Continue reading

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The East, part 8: City Snippets

As we walk and drive Providence: Another Normal Tower.  I believe this is a Baptist Church, just a block or so away from the house, and across the street from the toy store.  Interesting that the door is red.  Years … Continue reading

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The East, part 7: For Rachel

       Remember That Thing You Do?  Remember that beach movie the guys were playing for – Captain Whatever and the Crab Shack Shooters?  Well, once upon a time in California, somebody who truly had that same muse came … Continue reading

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