Category Archives: Excuses

~:: Leaping from the Nest ::~

Posted on December 15, 2011 by K

I don’t even know how to start this.  When I was little, we lived in L.A.  Everything was within walking distance.  The school, for instance.  Two blocks away – long sides.  An uncomplicated walk, it was not uphill and it … Continue reading →

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Freezing

Posted on December 10, 2009 by K

Holy cats.  I thought I had lost a finger to frost bite this morning.  Six degrees in the barn, horses covered with frost, tiny icicles hanging in their hair like silver tips at the end of corn rows.  I was … Continue reading →

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Oh—and incidentally . . .

Posted on December 7, 2009 by K

Okay, so I went by the post office the other day and waited in a HUGE long line at a counter that had six registers and only one human behind it.  We joked around, the other waiters and I, dark … Continue reading →

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