But Santa Said I Could . . .

I did promise to show you one other photograph, gleaned from my Christmas shopping efforts of last week. This one is a Self-Gift, one of the inevitable results of too much time in the shops,…

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Making a List, Checking it Twice. . . Busy Days . . .

Okay, I got home safely yesterday, the drive out to the ferry not bad although we were both grateful that I’ve been insisting, the last few years, on real snow tires from November through March…

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Bah, Humbug . . Tis the Season

This is the view outside one of our apartment windows this morning. yes, fresh snow, and shouldn’t I be thrilled to see some white just in time for Christmas? Well, let me first acknowledge that…

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Remembering and Making Memories at Christmas

 Just a year ago . . . my beautiful sister, pictured above, drove my Mother downtown to join our twig of the family tree–myself, Mom’s oldest daughter, with Paul, her son-in-law; our four children, her…

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Festive Shopping — No, really!

Not quite so tired after a good night’s sleep, but still conserving energy — aiming it towards the shopping and the marking and, let’s be honest, the festive activities including the meet-up I have planned…

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