Tag Archives: friends

Lending Strength

Posted on April 3, 2010 by K

It’s been a long, dreary spring. We had snow on the ground yesterday. More coming next week.  When the planet itself wraps you up in gray, the light has to come from other places.  And earthly angels—one of my favorite … Continue reading →

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The Yule Shindig: pt. 2

Posted on December 20, 2009 by K

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 →

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Addicted to color

Posted on October 21, 2009 by K

           Ours is a working class neighborhood.  Nothing special.  Nothing to write home about – unless you’re making a study concerning the utter paucity of architectural aesthetic involved in tract-house design during the late nineteen seventies. … Continue reading →

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~:: having a hay day ::~

Posted on July 15, 2009 by K

Now, ya’ll may not find this interesting.  But as a dyed-in-the-wool ignorant suburb-baby, I find it absolutely and utterly fascinating.  Stick with me and I’ll have you well educated in the art of angsting over the coming winter and knowing … Continue reading →

Posted in A little history, Explanations, friends, Fun Stuff, Horses, Images, Just life, Seasons, The outside world | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

The 4th: part tres

Posted on July 10, 2009 by K

When I was a kid, I fell in love with Polyanna.  The movie, I mean, not the character.  I loved the prisms.  And I loved most of all the 4th of July bazaar—the games and the flags and the corn on … Continue reading →

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More scrap 2(?)

Posted on June 28, 2009 by K

I hate it when I got a lot to write about and no time or opportunity to do the mind-data dump. It makes me jumpy, keeping all these things in the air. So I think I’m going to do bullets, … Continue reading →

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The Ancient Shindig

Posted on December 22, 2008 by K

I have told this story before.  And I’m sure, by the time I have run out of words, I will have told the same stories so many times, my children will be able to build a simulacrum out of the … Continue reading →

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What I did with my weekend –

Posted on August 15, 2008 by K

August 10, journal: [Note: it occurs to me that my ending question (last post) may have appeared to have been rhetorical.  It was a real question.  Which still pleads for an answer.  Advice.  Comfort.  Shared shame.] This is what I … Continue reading →

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There be Eagles here

Posted on March 31, 2008 by K

March 30, 2008             Yesterday, M and his near-brother, Brennan, received their Eagle Scout awards.  Brennan’s mom, who is as close to blood sister to me as you can get without the blood part—and scout advancement chairman in the ward—set … Continue reading →

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