Category Archives: Just life

~:: And Where Did They Bury the Caucus? ::~

Posted on March 17, 2012 by K

And this: go look at my giveaway and enter to WINNNNN!  Giving away a hard back copy of Breaking Rank! Here are some awful (I am NO good with this phone) shots of our only actual snow storm of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, friends, Just talk, The outside world | Tagged , , , | 24 Comments

~:: The Tale of a Grey Bird ::~

Posted on March 14, 2012 by K

I will tell you that I, having decided to educate my children myself for as long as I could, waded into teaching them to read with naïve confidence.  And backed out of it astonished at the complexity of the job. … Continue reading →

Posted in IMENHO (Evidently not humble), Just talk, The outside world | 20 Comments

~:: Milestones 2012 ::~

Posted on March 12, 2012 by K

Last weekend, this person and I jetted down to Santa Fe for a special occasion: the eighth birthday and subsequent baptism of our very first grandchild. I don’t think I ever really saw myself with grandchildren – not till they … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Family, Fun Stuff, Gin, HappyHappyHappy, Journeys, The g-kids, The kids, Visits | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 39 Comments

~:: Saturday ::~

Posted on March 10, 2012 by K

I cannot write. So much crowding my little brain – rants about my hatred of politics, philosophical unravellings of the universe, book reviews, squeals in response to cuteness, speculations about the nature of the human mind and fingering weight yarn. … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Fun Stuff, The g-kids, Uncategorized | 44 Comments

~:: A Whole Lot of Nothing ::~

Posted on February 24, 2012 by K

Here is a post with no moral compass, no philosophy or political opining, no responsible reason for existence.  It’s just about me.  Me, me, me. The Scoots, finally having earned one of Donna’s Buckwheat Days sugar bears. G has taken … Continue reading →

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~:: Oh, Drat and Phooey ::~

Posted on February 11, 2012 by K

Last week, I was going to try to sit down and write a blog apologizing for long silence.  It struck me then that I wasn’t alone; there weren’t a lot of my near-and-dear penning cheery notes for the rest of … Continue reading →

Posted in dumb stuff, Just talk, whining | Tagged , , , | 20 Comments

~:: Anatomy of a Family Portrait ::~

Posted on January 30, 2012 by K

When you start out as a family, a couple of grown-ups and maybe a baby, the concept of  the “family portrait” is a pretty tame thing. You say, “Ready?  SMILE!” and everybody does.  They look right at the camera and … Continue reading →

Posted in A little history, Events, Family, Fun Stuff, Gin, HappyHappyHappy, The g-kids, The kids, Visits | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 33 Comments

~:: Small Victories ::~

Posted on January 25, 2012 by K

I found a little box of chocolates in the fridge.  I didn’t mean to.  I wasn’t hunting for it.  Left over from Swiss Colony. There were just a few in there.  And I ate them all. Today.  For lunch. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, holidays, Just life, Just talk, photo games, Pics of Made Things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 67 Comments

~:: Winter Interlude ::~

Posted on January 15, 2012 by K

It’s the middle of January.  In this hemisphere, that means we are in the thick of winter, buried in snow, crusted with hoar frost. But not this year.  Yesterday, I bundled up and went out to the barn to watch … Continue reading →

Posted in friends, Geneva, Horses, Rachel, The outside world | Tagged , , , , | 31 Comments

~:: My Hubby, the Patriarch ::~

Posted on January 12, 2012 by K

Anybody remember me? The woman who blogs once every six months unless she’s mad?  May I just say that I have scanned over 450 pages of family photographs since January 3rd?  Hmmm?  And that I’m going through one of my … Continue reading →

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