Tag Archives: Murphy

~o:>Go, dog. Go!

Posted on August 24, 2010 by K

It is the last gasp of summer.  How odd.  How short.  And my eye is kinda twitchin’.  We are once again, or maybe for the first real time, empty nesters; M went off to college this morning.  Right after he … Continue reading →

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~o:> Of Best Laid Plans

Posted on June 27, 2010 by K

Yeah.  I have to tell this tale, if only because it so parenthood. Murphy, as I expected, joyfully walked right back into his life.  YAY.  And as I expected, was back in the animation lab less than twenty four hours … Continue reading →

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~o:> Prelude to Two Kisses

Posted on June 25, 2010 by K

Kiss One: Kiss Two: And this is how it all came about: The little family, waiting at the airport.  The plane: 35 minutes late. Chaz and L, happy. Happy again.  This is a better shot of both, but I loved … Continue reading →

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~o:> And

Posted on June 22, 2010 by K

–=0=– joy

Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Journeys, The kids | Tagged | 20 Comments

~o:>Taking a break

Posted on June 21, 2010 by K

from craziness.  Not a long day, but a dirty one.  The tractor wouldn’t start, so I puttered around the barn in the heat and the dust while Guy soaked himself in Diesel fuel and put the engine back together.  It … Continue reading →

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~o:>Counting Down

Posted on June 20, 2010 by K

note: I’m working on answering comments.  Have been up to my neck in storage boxes – Two days.  Two days to finish two years and four days’ service.  The mother, sitting in her corner of the couch, trying not to … Continue reading →

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Last one of the Year

Posted on January 2, 2010 by K

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 →

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Mowing

Posted on May 23, 2009 by K

Gin has done  her own study of this, but I find that I  have a little more to say. The odd thing about growing up is the ghosts you run into. I can remember G coming into the house one … Continue reading →

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Just a dumb day

Posted on May 13, 2009 by K

I couldn’t sleep last night. Who knows why? Just, sometimes, you can’t find the soft place – the place where you sink down and it swallows you. I keep landing on ledges – maybe because I have a yucky full … Continue reading →

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Because it’s Midnight

Posted on August 24, 2008 by K

I hate to go to bed. You go to bed and you have to face finding that door into sleep, and that’s a hard journey sometimes these days. So I tend to hang with Chaz, messing around, putting it off … Continue reading →

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