Category Archives: Epiphanies and Meditations

~=Deceptive Perception=~

Posted on February 12, 2010 by K

I’ve been thinking about how Sue, after reading this journal for a while now, came away with the impression that we lived somewhere out in the vast agrarian areas of the state – off in some little town (romantic or … Continue reading →

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—:=Awake=:—

Posted on February 8, 2010 by K

Awake. This is my year’s Word.  So it should define my stomping ground, my territory, my attitudinal homesteading rights.  But I am having trouble proving up my deed on it.  For one twelfth of this new year, I have been … Continue reading →

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For Skye ~

Posted on January 31, 2010 by K

We bought Skye off a truck. Off a van, actually. The breeder’s van, to be specific.  She was on her way home from a big dog show, and stopped by to let us test drive the promised male blue merle … Continue reading →

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Avoiding the question ~

Posted on January 31, 2010 by K

Here is a lovely and terrifying thing: my first baby turns thirty today.  This makes her a full-fledged human grown up.  And what does it make me? I will put up a picture later, but for now, may I say … Continue reading →

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Another fuzzy lesson

Posted on January 23, 2010 by K

Taught by puppies: You can, as I have said, stuff two fat bones with cheese and put them down, each one in front of its puppy.  But only one will prove interesting; the puppies will agree to wrassle each other … Continue reading →

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Viva la

Posted on January 22, 2010 by K

And here’s another odd thing.  We watched the Polar Express this Christmas, a film I find both off-putting and oddly likeable.  The animation puzzles me—and my response to it is pretty well summed up by what I just said about … Continue reading →

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The kind of people we are~

Posted on January 21, 2010 by K

Kids figure things out by induction. Their picture of the world is so small, their experience episodic.  All they can do, really, is extrapolate from the things they observe in a tiny corner of reality.  And they categorize from the … Continue reading →

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Forget Balance

Posted on January 20, 2010 by K

I went to Costco today and bought only the thing I went there to buy.  (Puppy food) I want a prize.  A great big, first time prize. When I came home, G said, “And did you remember the toilet paper?” … Continue reading →

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Ahhh-balance~

Posted on January 20, 2010 by K

May I say how excited I am with the results of the election in Massachusetts yesterday? Sort of. Happiness: I find it terribly disturbing when any one group in a government that is supposed to be answerable to the people … Continue reading →

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Penitence

Posted on January 17, 2010 by K

I wore you out last week.  Which is too bad, because I really liked my large person last one, and only a very brave and patient die-hard few stuck around for the finale.  My bad.  So I am rounding up … Continue reading →

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