Long Time No Blog
14 days of school left. Something like 8 lunches left to pack. On June 17, I’m getting in the van and driving… many hours, any direction. It’s been a blur, […]
Tag Archives: holiday
Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
The day after Christmas, my phone screen slowly faded away to black. Broken. I decided I wasn’t in a rush to get a new one. It was break; nothing urgent […]
December Garden
Earlier this week, we had two days of mild temperatures, so I decided to harvest all the carrots ahead of the deep freeze that was coming and in which we […]
Cookie Bakin’, Wreath Makin’, Doomsday Preppin’
The long Thanksgiving weekend was low-key for us. Thanksgiving was at my sister’s and was very nice. I brought the corn and also made honey-glazed carrots using carrots from the […]
Christmas Reckoning
December 28th, time to sum up Christmas. In literal terms, the sums I spent were comparable to last year. Not as small as they could have been, but not as […]
Winter Solstice
Today is the nadir of the year. After today, the sun starts coming back, ever so slowly. Although the sun has been sticking to its script, the weather has not. […]
Christmastime in the City
First things first, I have to record the visit that the kids and I took to the city last Saturday. It started out as just another train trip, my older […]
We’ll Have to Muddle Through Somehow
Sing it, Judy Garland. Muddling through this crazy week of half-days, parent-teacher conferences, and PTA activities. It’s kind of nice having the kids home earlier. They have had some playdates […]
Smells Like Turkey Spirit
I made my first turkey yesterday. It came out perfect, nice and juicy. The only downside that I can see so far is that the house still smells like turkey, […]
Miracle on 5th Street
Today (Monday) I had jury duty, but in a stroke of luck, all of us were dismissed at 11:15 a.m. without being called for any trials at all. I’m grateful because […]
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