Monthly Archives: August 2010

diane

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Alternately titled: I’m FIFTY! The third of the landmark birthdays last year happened last spring to a precious woman that I work with. Diane turned 0. She was surprised all weekend long: on Friday a group of friends spirited her … Continue reading

speak

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The images in this post are of a beautiful cemetery that I stumbled onto during our latest trip to Texas. I made a wrong turn at the grocery store and was so glad I did… This is not so much … Continue reading

cooked

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All of the images in this post are Whitney Loibner’s, except for the very last one. Lovely, aren’t they? I am always doing things I can’t do, that’s how I get to do them. Pablo Picasso My husband loves that … Continue reading

bottle it up

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Like I said: You never know what you’re going to find. On this November morning last fall, out in the barn – while stomping loudly to scare snakes out that would then conceivably be killed by the 12-year-old cousin carrying … Continue reading

the old red barn

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So, we’re back at the ranch. Last November. Crisp mornings, cool nights, clear sunny days. As soon as you come out of Bryan’s grandmother’s house, you can see the appeal of the place – in the way the trees twist … Continue reading

back at the ranch

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Well. I started a challenge and then took off for a long Texas weekend. Some people, foreseeing that the lack of ready internet access might cause a problem for attempting a daily blog post, might have prepared posts in advance, … Continue reading

oh so healthy

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We are headed to Texas tomorrow, land of legends. My husband among them. On our way, we’ll pass through Waco, where we both spent our college years. The last time we were there was November of 2009, when we were … Continue reading

surprising

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Things are almost always a surprise, aren’t they? When I decided to do this little challenge, I had visions of myself posting through the year in chronological order, making some kind of beautiful homage to the things I’d missed. I … Continue reading