Category Archives: Memories and Ruminations

~:: On Making Things ::~

Posted on February 25, 2015 by K

I wonder, sometimes, how many stupid things I say in a day. How many things that make total sense to me, but that can be, and will probably be, construed differently by the people I say them to? Considering the … Continue reading →

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~:: What is the Grandmother Doing? ::~

Posted on November 1, 2014 by K

Yeah – it’s been an age since I entered anything here.  But then, it’s been an age since I started doing genealogy again. I finished a long-time dream: the book of my darling mother’s life. Turned out to be some … Continue reading →

Posted in A little history, Doing Things, Family, Fun Stuff, Making Things, Memories and Ruminations, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, The g-kids | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 30 Comments

~:: Once Upon a Time ::~

Posted on April 24, 2013 by K

I don’t believe in fairy tales.  I think I did once, but only a little.  I did believe in Santa Claus.  Or else, I believed that there was a “should” to finding surprises and delights left in your living room … Continue reading →

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~:: Doing Things ::~

Posted on January 6, 2013 by K

As I think about this past strange year (wondering if all years seem strange as you leave them and shoot out the other side), I realize that I have done something really unusual: I’ve actually checked off a giant number … Continue reading →

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~:: Horses and Camels ::~

Posted on October 23, 2012 by K

Both excellent for dashing across the desert. Which is pretty much apropos of nothing. I seem to do a great deal of dashing, but not really across anything, that would assume coming out the other side. As far as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun Stuff, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Memories and Ruminations, Pics of Made Things, The kids | 22 Comments

~:: On Birthdays ::~

Posted on May 15, 2012 by K

Behinder and behinder. In our house, at some point, I made a decree: Christmas is all about Christ, but birthdays are all about YOU. I always hated the sit-on-Santa-and-ask-for-stuff thing. So for my poor children, if Santa’s lap was involved, … Continue reading →

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~:: Solstice Thoughts ::~

Posted on December 26, 2011 by K

I was thinking about a reply I made this morning to a dear friend’s comment on my little Christmas card.  I’m going to repeat it and embellish a little here because—well, sometimes I worry that people don’t understand why I … Continue reading →

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~:: Christmas Party 2011 ::~

Posted on December 17, 2011 by K

A week till Christmas Day.   But—the party is over.  The Great Ornament Party.  My one party.  Shoot, getting ready for Christmas day is NOTHING after this thing. For this the house is scoured, the halls are decked—a years’ worth … Continue reading →

Posted in A little history, Christmas, Family, friends, holidays, Memories and Ruminations, Pics of Made Things | Tagged , , | 28 Comments

~:: For Friends We Never Meet ::~

Posted on December 12, 2011 by K

This is a very little story.  It happened in 1994.  Or it started there.  My parents had organized the second of our two family reunions, this one in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, where they had a time share.  I have just … Continue reading →

Posted in A little history, Family, friends, Geneva, HappyHappyHappy, Memories and Ruminations, Rachel, The kids | Tagged , , , , , | 36 Comments

~:: Rewind: Mouse-end ::~

Posted on September 8, 2011 by K

The promised end of the mouse tale: After much doing of this – and this and this, we found a great, smooth round stone made into a fountain.  It sat inside some sort of collar, and water was constantly running … Continue reading →

Posted in A little history, Events, Family, Fun Stuff, HappyHappyHappy, holidays, Journeys, Light, Memories and Ruminations, The g-kids, The kids, The outside world, Visits | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments