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The Great Pinata Party

Posted on February 13, 2009 by K

As part of our Gin’s birthday ritual (the dispelling of winter), we always did a pinata.  We did it with the Wills down the street every year from almost the beginning of the children because 1) our two families always … Continue reading →

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Friday, the 13th –

Posted on February 13, 2009 by K

A couple of weeks ago, the daughter (step, but honestly, nobody’s counting) of a dear friend of mine had a baby.  A brave little girl baby who came three months premature.  The daughter had this baby alone, in a bathroom—a … Continue reading →

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Enough to make your eyes ache –

Posted on February 6, 2009 by K

Okay – you’ve gotta go look at the pictures Ginger just posted of her last ten days in Belize.  Remember what I just wrote about the pasture?  Well, this is the antidote.  The shots are great, but you almost have to … Continue reading →

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In case you were wondering

Posted on January 18, 2009 by K

This is what it’s like to have horses: You get up in the morning. (Some people do this earlier than I do. Let me just explain that I get up WAY earlier than I would if I didn’t know people … Continue reading →

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Snow and Sunday Evening, illustrated –

Posted on January 9, 2009 by K

A picture saves a thousand words.  I wonder what a vid saves, then?  I sent the vid.  Now, I send pictures, just odds and ends from the end of one world and the beginning of another.  Take heart; life rolls … Continue reading →

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And in a related story:

Posted on December 5, 2008 by K

Last night, what little family still live in this house gathered around the cool glow of LCD phosphors – wait, I think LCD TVs don’t have phosphors which is probably the whole point of LCD, right? Anyway, we were up … Continue reading →

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Another little snit

Posted on December 5, 2008 by K

It is not my fault that Twilight will not die. And yeah, yeah—that can be considered irony—which would take the book into realms of literary complexity heretofore uncharted by it. So the subject came up in my little Facebook group, … Continue reading →

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If you lose, you lose –

Posted on November 8, 2008 by K

But if you lose well, you win. Oh, yeah, yeah – I know there are conservative talk show hosts who would roll their eyes at such a goody-goody assertion (maybe only Mr. L) but, you know – I don’t really … Continue reading →

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A hard night –

Posted on November 4, 2008 by K

I will not say that I would’ve awakened tomorrow, feeling that the world had been saved.  There is too much going on now in this country that cannot be solved by rhetoric and bailouts.  But I would not have had … Continue reading →

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Luxury!!!

Posted on October 20, 2008 by K

My own bed! My own bathroom! And Rachel is home!!! She won’t be dancing in the streets any time soon, but she’s in her own bed, too. Miraculous! Riches! No more waking up every two hours so that people can … Continue reading →

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