Tag Archives: Laura

~:: Christmas Day ::~

Posted on December 25, 2013 by K

So, Chaz came to stay overnight on Christmas Eve, as she always does. But she did not get up before dawn.  Neither did we.  The kids were all going to show up at about nine, so the following pictures are … 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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~:: Triathlon ::~

Posted on September 1, 2012 by K

Triathlons don’t usually start with roaring scary thunder storms. But ours did this morning.  G’s, I mean—it wasn’t mine. I don’t do triathlons. And neither did he, actually, this morning.  Here’s how it went: up at five thirty, he was … Continue reading →

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~:: Rest of the Springy Thing ::~

Posted on April 22, 2012 by K

We have always kept a line between the candy eggs on Saturday and maybe real eggs on Sunday, though why dyed eggs, real or not, should count as appropriate on such a deeply significant holy day, I’m not sure I … Continue reading →

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~:: My Very Large House ::~

Posted on April 18, 2012 by K

I have written about this before, the strange and expanding nature of my very large house. It starts with a cluster of not very large rooms.  Like these two, with a boy standing on the seam between them. And like … Continue reading →

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~:: Anatomy of a Family Portrait ::~

Posted on January 30, 2012 by K

When you start out as a family, a couple of grown-ups and maybe a baby, the concept of  the “family portrait” is a pretty tame thing. You say, “Ready?  SMILE!” and everybody does.  They look right at the camera and … Continue reading →

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~:: The Wedding ::~

Posted on September 4, 2011 by K

My mother, who was a wonderful woman and (perhaps I should say, “thus”) different than I am in many ways, faithfully wrote small accounts of the family’s activities to her mother in law every week. One day, my grandmother wrote back to … Continue reading →

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Green Icky Balls and Russian Hats

Posted on January 18, 2011 by K

Oh-oh-oh, before I start, here.  I would like to announce the fact that I have fixed the Firefox problem (very perplexing).  I finally had the time and focus to go through the html/php/css to find the thing that had broken … Continue reading →

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~:: Christmas Morning 2010 ::~

Posted on December 30, 2010 by K

Christmas Eve at my brother’s  beautiful house.  For decades, we were alone up here, all of both our families states and states away.  But then G’s sister and brother moved here, and my brother.  Suddenly – family!  My brother explained … Continue reading →

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