Tag Archives: birthday

~:: Another Sampler:Summer ::~

Posted on July 17, 2013 by K

I am still not myself. I don’t care about capturing light. I don’t care about writing. I don’t care about making things. The fact that I don’t care about cleaning the house is the only reassuringly normal thing about these … Continue reading →

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~:: Birthday Trip to the Mouse House ::~

Posted on May 15, 2013 by K

Okay. So by May, I was really discouraged because of  the weird state of my little body. Worn out, hurting – just not feeling hopeful. But in the background, all along, G and the kids had been coming up with … Continue reading →

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~:: All Hallows Eve ::~

Posted on October 31, 2012 by K

Okay – I had a lot to say.  I wanted to write about October (which I still will), and about Hallowe’en – (sneaking in the fact that I love the yellow moons and the black cats and the pumpkins and … Continue reading →

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~:: Tales of Salmon ::~

Posted on October 16, 2011 by K

They always come swimmin’ right back up the river ~ And this is what we did this weekend.  Have children around.  Gin came home for a day.  She dropped the dentist off to be Slick Rock Bike Guy and came … Continue reading →

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~:: Revels ::~

Posted on May 12, 2011 by K

My theme: We always start the day with signs.  Specifically this sign (above).  I don’t remember when we started the signs – could have been twenty five years ago.  And this was the first one I ever did, this design, … Continue reading →

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~:: Now, where was I? ::~

Posted on May 7, 2011 by K

I have come to the conclusion that space and time are not only relative, but also fake.  Illusory.  At best, ephemeral. This must be so—or else what happened to the last week and a half?  No, really, I want to … Continue reading →

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~:: Tales of Santa Fe: Pt.9 ::~

Posted on February 12, 2011 by K

This is the last of it. This is the picture from which the header was drawn.  Every time I walk into that guest room and look out the window I see something striking.  I have lightened this so you can … Continue reading →

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HB to M

Posted on May 7, 2010 by K

It’s TIME!!  And here are my  birthday plans: M’s best friend, Kyle, is getting married tomorrow.  He just COULDN’T wait six more weeks for M to come home, darn it.  Fairly shameful, considering that his first date with his beautiful … 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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You Look Like a Monkey~

Posted on October 7, 2009 by K

Somehow over the years, all these traditions just showed up and took residence in our house. Birthday traditions.  Christmas ones.  Easter ones.  Some came from G’s family, some from mine. Some I made up myself.  I don’t know what I … Continue reading →

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