Tag Archives: birthday

~:: Tales of Salmon ::~

Posted on October 16, 2011 by webmaster

They always come swimmin’ right back up the river ~ And this is what we did this weekend.  Have children around.  Gin came home for a day.  She dropped the dentist off to be Slick Rock Bike Guy and came … Continue reading →

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~:: Revels ::~

Posted on May 12, 2011 by webmaster

My theme: We always start the day with signs.  Specifically this sign (above).  I don’t remember when we started the signs – could have been twenty five years ago.  And this was the first one I ever did, this design, … Continue reading →

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~:: Now, where was I? ::~

Posted on May 7, 2011 by webmaster

I have come to the conclusion that space and time are not only relative, but also fake.  Illusory.  At best, ephemeral. This must be so—or else what happened to the last week and a half?  No, really, I want to … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Explanations, Felt stuff, Fun Stuff, Images, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Seasons, snow | Tagged , , , , , | 37 Comments

~:: Tales of Santa Fe: Pt.9 ::~

Posted on February 12, 2011 by webmaster

This is the last of it. This is the picture from which the header was drawn.  Every time I walk into that guest room and look out the window I see something striking.  I have lightened this so you can … Continue reading →

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HB to M

Posted on May 7, 2010 by webmaster

It’s TIME!!  And here are my  birthday plans: M’s best friend, Kyle, is getting married tomorrow.  He just COULDN’T wait six more weeks for M to come home, darn it.  Fairly shameful, considering that his first date with his beautiful … Continue reading →

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Avoiding the question ~

Posted on January 31, 2010 by webmaster

Here is a lovely and terrifying thing: my first baby turns thirty today.  This makes her a full-fledged human grown up.  And what does it make me? I will put up a picture later, but for now, may I say … Continue reading →

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You Look Like a Monkey~

Posted on October 7, 2009 by webmaster

Somehow over the years, all these traditions just showed up and took residence in our house. Birthday traditions.  Christmas ones.  Easter ones.  Some came from G’s family, some from mine. Some I made up myself.  I don’t know what I … Continue reading →

Posted in A little history, Family, Memories and Ruminations, The kids | Tagged | 6 Comments

Oh, I wish, I wish, I wish

Posted on May 7, 2009 by webmaster

Okay, so tomorrow is my birthday.  And I’ll be really, really old.  And usually, I don’t let people get me stuff.  I have everything I could ever dream of.  Except maybe a basement.  But there is something I do want … Continue reading →

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Vanishing act

Posted on July 2, 2008 by webmaster

 [And now, a political message from our sponsor]              I need Jimmy Stewart.  I need him bad.   You remember him in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?  Just a regular guy, a Boy Scout leader, who finds government thrust upon him … Continue reading →

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My birthday and other marvels of the modern age –

Posted on June 25, 2008 by webmaster

            I actually almost wrote: “and other marbles of the modern age.”  And if I had, I’d have left it, in the spirit of the way things have been rolling along.  This is the third installment … Continue reading →

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