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Category Archives: Just life
The Curious Question of Is: pt. 3
Okay, so you are going to be very impressed and entertained by this set of slick charts I’ve made up for you. Really. You will be. Our hero is SAM. No, Sam, not specifically you. Just—Sam. We pass by all … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, IMENHO (Evidently not humble), Just life, Just talk
Tagged Sam, to be
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The Curious Question of Is: pt. 2
So in one of the comments to that woeful empty nest piece I did the other day, a young friend of mine (as long as you haven’t gotten married or had kids, I would consider you young if you were … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, IMENHO (Evidently not humble), Just life, Just talk
Tagged to be
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The Curious Question of Is: pt.1
Strange and mystical verb that: to be. Is. There really is no hard and fast definition for this verb, and yet we use it a million times a day. We live on the edge of a mystery, but manage to … Continue reading
~:: Sometimes, a little magic ::~
May I tell you that when I went out to the barn this morning it was 16 degrees? I was working in the stalls, putting things to rights when I looked down and there, perched on the ground level rung … Continue reading
~:: Ring, Christmas Lights ::~
Ginna put up this cool header. It’s still there. Or it was this afternoon. And I found myself enviously wondering how the heck she did it. So I got out my camera and thought about it. Palm against forehead – … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Stuff, holidays, Images, Light, Seasons
Tagged Christmas lights, light, Yipee
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*::Yule Shindig 2010::*
Every year, we have the same party. (see this and this and this and maybe this if you want some history – or repetition) It’s pretty much the only party we have anymore. And it’s a mean son-of-a-gun. We started it … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Events, friends, Fun Stuff, holidays, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Rachel, Seasons, The kids
Tagged Christmas, ornaments, party
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~:: White Christmas? ::~
What we woke up to yesterday (i’d say “Out of the blue,” except it all had come down unexpectedly in the night): Can you tell the snow is still falling hard? While inside it was cozy. Neighbors, digging each other … Continue reading
~:: Tis the Season ::~
The horse arena is sopping. Sopping, soaked, swampy. And there’s more rain coming. We woke to snow. But the rain washed it away. This on top of other snow and subsequent rain. Even the high stalls are now turning to … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Events, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, snow
Tagged bad backs, Christmas, G, knitting, ornaments, party, rain, snow
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~:: Take it again, from the top – ::~
Ah, the time wings by, doesn’t it? How can you “keep Christmas as a Lord Mayor’s household should,” and still have time to write about the experience? Here is the coolest possible thing in parenthood: when your grown up, single, … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Christmas, Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Images, Making Things, Memories and Ruminations, The g-kids, The kids
Tagged Christmas, decorations, Dickens, kids, quilt, the tree, tradition
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~:: Bits of Eden ::~
My father just turned 88. He outdid his own father’s life by almost 30 years. I’m not that ambitious, myself. Happy birthday, Daddy. The perfect, perfect, perfect day: Saturday after Thanksgiving, the great feast eaten. Two days spent setting the … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Just talk, Seasons, The kids
Tagged celebration, empty nest, houses, kids, motherhood
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