Tag Archives: Murphy

~:: Just Remembering ::~

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~:: News! ::~

#1. This is my baby boy. He came home from Pixar last week, ostensibly to go to his cousin’s wedding and see his aging parents. But really, to ask his heart’s love to marry him. This is an announcement: my … Continue reading

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~:: discovery ::~

Sorry.  I know I just poked you on the shoulder.  But I am sitting here, processing pages for my family photo books, (don’t you wish you could put links to former discussions into conversations with your man or mom or … Continue reading

Posted in A little history, Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Images, Just life, The kids | Tagged , , | 28 Comments

Green Icky Balls and Russian Hats

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

Posted in Christmas, dogs, Family, friends, Fun Stuff, holidays, Images, Memories and Ruminations, Seasons, The g-kids, The kids | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 22 Comments

~:: Perpetual Motion ::~

Once again, M is gone.  This time for 5 months.  But at least, in the states.  We took him to the airport this morning—G, Laura and I—through fog, over ice.  Got there in good time.  And after he had gone … Continue reading

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~:: Catchin’ up ::~

Okay, first of all I have a link for you.  A link to a person who is so witty and so creative and so full of astonishing energy, that next to her I feel like—like an old person who’s missed … Continue reading

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~:: Christmas Morning 2010 ::~

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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~:: The Iceman Cometh ::~

Once upon a time, it snowed.  Remember this cute little snow? Then it snowed again.  This time with far more serious intent. This was only the beginning – it continued to snow for another several hours. Four hours later,  rain … Continue reading

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:: Up the mountain ::

This header, I just wanted to explain, is just another one of my poor efforts to capture the river light.  You can see that the yard is dark – that dark, velvet green of late summer.  But the last light … Continue reading

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~o:> Slight Distractions

Notes for anyone coming from Creative Friday – this is mostly about photographs and what you can do with them.  Feel free to skip through the pictures if you like.  I was visiting my daughter in her new New Mexico … Continue reading

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