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Monday, October 8, 2012

Making it up

TAPS posted about her discoveries of the use of makeup in the 1950s, and it started me on this little amble through the slightly less distant past... I was never much into makeup--special occasions, and used with a light hand: makeup should be noticed only as an effect, not as a thing in itself, was my theory. It was some years later, when I had my theater support/costuming shop, that I began to sell theatrical makeup, and learn how to use it. Still, all about effect. Of course, theatrical... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 6, 2012

Beautiful day among the grandkids

There have been seriously troubled times of late, with a more-than-averagely rebellious 14-yr old... Things reached crisis point yesterday afternoon, and both kid and parents were once again running through routines of reactions that have never worked before, and are not likely to work now. It all runs it's ruinous course in a house where there is precious little privacy, and everyone in the house can hear pretty much every scold, threat, defiance, reasoning, etc that comes out at these times.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Intimate Angles

There are a few places in the kids' new house that are not full of boxes. Taking shots around them creates some nice close-ins that show some of the charms of this Tudor-style cottage. http://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

There is Someone in the house down the street.

We have no idea Who. But it is Someone who requires around a dozen secret service guys, in and around the house, watching adjoining streets that open to the one where the house is that Someone is visiting. Or something. Very mysterious, very spooky, if they didn't look like a convention of Mormons in their identical dark suits. The suits are not very special, and maybe charcoal grey... So, to our disappointment, obviously they aren't the Guys in Black looking after extraterrestrials. Daughter... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Time and busyness!

Seems like there has been little time to write, at least, at times when I feel any urge to say anything. But getting used to the pace, getting used to shuffling between the new household of the NZ Daughter and husband and dogs and cat, and the established one of MD Daughter and family... helping with the settling in, and hanging out with the kids... They have been taking me out to dinner to some very nice places, and this morning, when I wobbled downstairs, there was a birthday card, and a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Dancing Girl!

Here's a pretty moment: my eldest at a street fair today... http://flic.kr/p/dfha7B The style is American belly-dance, and the music is Irish. She choreographed the movements herself. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Arrived!

It's a charming neighborhood in northwest DC, where my daughter and her husband have bought an 80-yr old Tudor style house on a corner lot with some yard and so much over-grown greenery, that the yard will be a lot bigger when the greenery is brought under control. I like a wild garden, but this will benefit from a bit of discipline. The house is filled with boxes to unpack, and the animals have all moved in--two dogs and one cat, now. There are no hangers, and getting the boxes unloaded will... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Who Cares?

In this season of opinion polls, opinionated political/religious ranting, I have to ask, why on Earth should I care what everyone else thinks? Why does anyone care what I think, if I am just spouting off an emotional reaction to something about which I am sorely inadequately informed? Where's the value in opinions with no substance? Sure, pollsters are all about the numbers, the statistics, because counting the votes is all that matters: designing campaigns to move the numbers around.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 24, 2012

Packing it in...

Some people pack the bare necessities, planning to wash out the dainties in the sink every night, and have two of anything else, one set of which they are wearing at any given moment. They get on the plane and off again with a neat little carry-on, and never have to wait and wait and wait and wait... for the luggage carousel to begin moving. They never ever pay for extra luggage. Some pack for all possible events they may need to dress for. They check a bag, whatever the cost, and wait at the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 23, 2012

grabbing a few minutes...

Funny, how hard it is to keep a grasp on them, they just keep on running through my fingers like... time... (wink to Naut!) I'm at the wifi Starbucks in Estes Park this morning, after a couple of hours up the road (Hwy 7) to take a few pictures, the better of which are currently loading over to Flickr. The link will be up in a little while, to take you right there, in the Adventuring blog. My mom is celebrating her 90th birthday on Monday. Since this was the only time I could come up, we started... Sign in to see full entry.

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