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Wordless Wednesday ~ Nearly speechless
Carrot cake recipe here. You won't regret it. https://youtu.be/jc_ItEm5W54
We had a little party
Our goofy, neurotic, lovable, thinks-he's-a-lap-dog dog turned six today. Which makes him (as a friend pointed out) 42 in dog years. He still wants to hike for hours, and he jumps like a kangaroo in the unmown hay field by the river, but he's also content lately to nap half the day away, and he's… Continue reading We had a little party
Next thing, they’ll be studying for their learner’s permits
Today they turn one. It's nothing like the bittersweet when you watch your friend's children, or your own children, grow beyond your hold. They're just goats, after all. Even still. How could they have gone from this to this in just 12 months? They did it so incrementally that we barely registered the changes, the… Continue reading Next thing, they’ll be studying for their learner’s permits
How can you not laugh?
When your sister sends you this card on your birthday? Woof woof woof woof woof! http://youtu.be/piUfnkqYZw8
For Hyla
Thirteen thoughts on your fourteenth birthday When the moon shines on the water with the twinkling distant suns, You would need a calculator just to count the lucky ones. -- Cheryl Wheeler I Before you were born, you were always with me. When I woke, I carried you with me to the shower to the… Continue reading For Hyla
Sestina, for yesterday, for M
It rained all day yesterday, and the day before, and the day before. It came down cold, and thick. It was nearly snow, but not quite. If you'd wanted an excuse to curl up under the covers and feel pitiful, that would have been enough. But instead, there was a birthday to celebrate. Another year… Continue reading Sestina, for yesterday, for M
One just for you…
I looked at my to-do list this morning and it pretty much looked like this: 1. Work. 2. Work. 3. Work. 4. Work. 5. Write a blog post. I've got a big project to wrap up; there's no time to mess around today; this blog will just have to wait a few more days. And… Continue reading One just for you…
Blueberries for Donna
Mom would have been 68 today. To celebrate, I took her blueberry picking. We had a little birthday party at the berry patch, me and mom. I wonder what the other pickers thought of my talking to the ghost of my mother. There were families there, mothers with small children, a few teenagers, a few… Continue reading Blueberries for Donna
