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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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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
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~o:> Ah, to be clever and crafty!
I guess it’s because of the photobooks that my days disappear so quickly. My Cammon dropped by the other morning to borrow G’s iPod. I noticed the green truck at our curb, sandwiched into a line of string players’ vehicles … Continue reading
Last one of the Year
Sort of. Year’s actually over, of course. And I feel sad. Wistful. And defiant: the lights will not come down for weeks. December has been remarkably cold and gray. Will January follow us into a mini ice-age? We shall see. … Continue reading
One Little Gift
Okay. Pretend it’s yesterday. I lost a day this weekend, somehow. So this is the day of the giveaway. I have just one little blessing bird left to send flying. It was a very, very small flock to begin with, … Continue reading
The Yule Shindig: pt. 2
Part Two: the party. As I have explained, probably once a year for the last almost twenty years I’ve been tell you these tales, this is a very old party. The same people have been coming to it since the … Continue reading
The Yule Shindig: pt.1
Dec 20 How to get ready for a party. This is pretty much the only party you ever have, and it’s at Christmas, so you have plenty of leisure time to get ready. No pressure. 1. First think to yourself, … Continue reading
First Snow and Other Moments
~Don’t miss the tiny giveaway at the bottom of this link~ It snowed on Saturday, I think it was. During the night. And when the puppies got up at six, as they almost always do, they raced down the stairs … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, dogs, Family, Images, Minutiae, Seasons, The outside world
Tagged Chaz, check, Christmas, First snow, fixing things, G, house, puppies
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Boxing Day
Friday the thirteenth, actually. Which I have to keep reminding myself, since I never really know what day it is—and so stand to miss the fun parts. Here is a short summation of my pitifulness: I cry over boxes. Not … Continue reading
The Morning After —
Okay. So on Christmas morning I learned something: going back to bed and pulling the covers over your head? Not a good plan. Oh, yes, it sounds good. Here—everything in your life has changed, nothing is working right or feeling … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Just life, Memories and Ruminations
Tagged Christmas
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