Category Archives: Just talk

~:: Just Asking ::~

Posted on May 25, 2011 by K

This post is not crafty or illustrated or humorous or ironic.  It’s just about me.  Nothing more than a pitifully omphalopsychic rambling mess that I’ve been trying to work up the courage to write out for some three months.  It’s … Continue reading →

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The Worth of a Soul

Posted on March 6, 2011 by K

I get so frustrated with our lesson manuals. I really have only thirty minutes in which to communicate something important to my kids, but the lessons outline what would take me hours to go through in a meaningful way. So … Continue reading →

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::: From the neighboring ridge . . . :::

Posted on March 3, 2011 by K

Comes an answering howl: an answer, indeed, to my own little self. I believe that every blogger (can that really be a noun?) eventually comes to the place where she/he wonders why the heck she/he feels so compelled to share … Continue reading →

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::: Howling :::

Posted on March 2, 2011 by K

Tonight, G picked up his plate and stalked into the kitchen.  “I am sick of the government,” he said. (He did NOT slam the plate down on the counter. Not my new plates, he wouldn’t.)  We’d been listening to the … Continue reading →

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Of Tribes and Diatribes

Posted on January 17, 2011 by K

There’s just not enough time, you know?  So many things to do.  So much opportunity.  I get frozen – maybe dizzy, from turning around and around, trying to pick a direction for the next ten minutes.  Almost none of the … Continue reading →

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The Curious Question of Is: pt 5

Posted on January 14, 2011 by K

Gotta, gotta, gotta get this last bit down before the house disintegrates around this corner of the couch.  (Just kidding – the disintegration would start at this corner of the couch).  And I don’t even know if I’m still making … Continue reading →

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The Curious Question of Is: pt. 4

Posted on January 13, 2011 by K

About moving past parenthood: a story Sam’s wife Dakota (I smile happily) was a lovely little girl.  Maybe even spoiled because she was so cute and smart and charming.  Did well in school.  Had friends.  Went to college.  Once there, … Continue reading →

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The Curious Question of Is: pt. 3

Posted on January 12, 2011 by K

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 →

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The Curious Question of Is: pt. 2

Posted on January 12, 2011 by K

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 →

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The Curious Question of Is: pt.1

Posted on January 11, 2011 by K

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 →

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