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Category Archives: Epiphanies and Meditations
~:: Of Birth and Holy Birth ::~
I have to explain how I feel about nativities. My first experience with one was when I was in high school and my dad built a bunch of crèches in his workshop. Every year, he made stuff in the shop … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Epiphanies and Meditations, Explanations, holidays, Images, Seasons
Tagged baby, Christmas, Jesus, Mary, nativity
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Just a little news for us
We lost a friend today. He’d had a long, long, full life. A man I’ve known for thirty two years now, and respected, and loved. He sat in the very back of the chapel with his wife – his dear … Continue reading
~:: Take it again, from the top – ::~
Ah, the time wings by, doesn’t it? How can you “keep Christmas as a Lord Mayor’s household should,” and still have time to write about the experience? Here is the coolest possible thing in parenthood: when your grown up, single, … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Christmas, Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Images, Making Things, Memories and Ruminations, The g-kids, The kids
Tagged Christmas, decorations, Dickens, kids, quilt, the tree, tradition
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Into the Halls of Wisdom
Today, I taught a university class. Which means I was up earlier than I wanted to be, exercised, cleaned up and slightly damp as I tramped across the entire campus of my alma mater. The campus is so changed from … Continue reading
~:: A little more about thanks ::~
For me, when I can’t get to the keyboard to write, it’s like having to sneeze in the middle of a solemn assembly. But when I can sit down and start pounding the keys, the relief my fingers give me … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, holidays, Images, Just talk, Knit Stuff, Making Things
Tagged blessings, First snow, home, Santa Fe, thanks, Thanksgiving
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~:: Bits of Eden ::~
My father just turned 88. He outdid his own father’s life by almost 30 years. I’m not that ambitious, myself. Happy birthday, Daddy. The perfect, perfect, perfect day: Saturday after Thanksgiving, the great feast eaten. Two days spent setting the … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Just talk, Seasons, The kids
Tagged celebration, empty nest, houses, kids, motherhood
18 Comments
That thing? That <:)B thing? It’s supposed to be a turkey. Yeah. I’m really good at this keyboard art biz – . Home, on the couch, nursing a felty throat. In answer to and in solidarity with a few other … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, holidays, IMENHO (Evidently not humble), Just talk
Tagged Christmas, meaning, Thanksgiving
28 Comments
Just Wait Five Minutes
Our dependable world: October 22: Box Elder leaves just starting to turn yellow. Some down. Usually, at this time of year, our whole yard goes stunningly yellow and stays that way till the first of November. I was anticipating that … Continue reading
~;;~ Part Three: one thing I have made ~;;~
You do realize that my decorative marks up there are little bats, right? And I will tell you that we woke up to snow on the roof this morning. Ack. And sigh. But a white roof justifies an extra hour … Continue reading
Posted in Family, holidays, Just talk, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, snow, The g-kids, The kids
Tagged kilts, snow, wreaths
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