Archive for December 2006 | Monthly archive page
My latest post over at ExponentBlog.
Ah, this one so adroitly expresses that blanket of guilt that descends on days when everything is so good and I know that there are others who suffer…So, my apologies… Under One Small Star My apologies to chance for calling it necessity.My apologies to necessity if I’m mistaken, after all.Please, don’t be angry, happiness, that [...]
If you find yourself sitting at your laptop watcing a movie that netflicks accidentally sent to you and you are shaking your head at the interminable squeak coming from GameBoy’s new rock polisher oh, only 20 days of polishing until the stones are ready, you say?, and John has just baked sugar cookies chock-full of [...]
gameboy at sunsetOriginally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. 1) Going to the beach on Christmas is not a novel idea. Big Corona Beach was more crowded than in the height of the summer. With LOTS of tourists. Bleh.2) Heading down PCH a ways to Crystal Cove State Park is a much better choice. Plus they don’t have [...]
So what’s a girl to do when the other three members of her family decide that the very coolest way to spend the Saturday before Christmas is to hook up a projector to a DVD player and watch all three episodes of The Lord of the Rings back-to-back? And can I just say how mystified [...]
Take a look at my brief post today over at ExponentBlog.
John‘s been trying to convince me that we should start celebrating solstice rather than Christmas–it’s his attempt to get us to open the gifts just a few days earlier. While I admire the sentiment, especially because I’m just as eager as he is to begin unwrapping, we’ll be waiting until the 25th. :) So here’s [...]
This video may appeal to those of you out there who have a fondness for the creatures of the wild west (or in this case, the Netherlands). Those of you who don’t, might just enjoy it, too.:)
-GameBoy’s holiday orchestra concert. His proud role as first chair of the cello section. His body swaying to the music and the dramatic flourish of his bow at the end of each song. What fervor! Yes, this is my little tap-dancing boy all grown up!-Christmas cards from sorority sisters, college friends, new-this-year friends, and family. [...]
It seems that no one reads poetry much anymore. Poetry books don’t sell well, most contemporary poems seem trite or obtuse. But I often feel an overwhelming urge to write poems anyways–images just tumbling out of me and onto the page. I am rarely satisfied with my efforts, as these poems rarely say what I [...]
Inspired by the text of Norma Farber’s poem (which follows), I asked my kids tonite how the Christmas story might be a bit different if there were three queens that visited Jesus rather than three Kings. CatGirl replied that the queens would’ve been more practical than the Kings, and would’ve given gifts that the baby [...]
. Click on the photo above for more pictures from our Gingerbread House Extravaganza :)
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