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The 13th Part-ay

May 9th, 2008

Yesterday, I got all weepy & sentimental, partially due to pms, and cried into my keyboard as I typed about my daughter turning 13. I am now able to label some of those feeling as mourning the loss of childhood as well as the birth of crow’s feet. (Thank you very much Ms. Childless Therapist.)
Today, [...]

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It’s Spring. I Gots To Go.

April 17th, 2008

Just a quick list of what abuzz around here (and in my brain) because, for the love of the Pope who is in town, I need to finish my mulching!

My schedule could not get any crazier. Between the 12 year old’s chorus practice schedule (she made the State Honor’s Choir…yes, that’s a brag) and her [...]

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The Ringing

February 20th, 2008

Our office phone just rang and the caller ID read “American Culture”.
I never answer the phone if I don’t know who is calling - and half the time even if I do. I truly only pay for a phone line because Tivo needs it (and I need Tivo).
This time though, the ringing made me take [...]

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Valentine…Oh, Valentine!

February 14th, 2008

In honor of today, the day of L-O-V-E, I’m revisiting what I still hold to be one of the most romantic things I have ever seen with my own eyeballs (like, you know, that wasn’t on TV or in a book).
The following gesture of man-thought-out passion occurred 2 years ago, and although I’ve asked [...]

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Visitors

January 24th, 2008

We’ve had all kinds of visitors lately but this one was particularly cool.

Big birds soar overhead all the time here. Usually they don’t come this close.

I had to take these shots through the window because I knew that if I opened up the sliding glass door, he would fly away.

Last weekend, we had [...]

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