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Monday, December 27, 2010

The Christmas Circus, part 2

- continued - In her thirties Elaine had prayed for old age, serenity, a time with no battles to referee, no siblings to be sent to their rooms, no sulking husband whining about her and the other little anchors around his neck, no long weeks of punishing silence. In her mid-forties the load... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Christmas Circus .. a story in 3 parts

Elaine sat at one end of the sofa, a glass of red wine going warm in her hand, gazing toward but not really seeing the flickering television on the other side of the room. Half a dozen of her grandchildren were playing tag, circling among the doorways in her daughter’s house in Christmas cowboy... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas.

Yesterday, 1:30 in the afternoon, exhausted from two marathon days of shopping, I drifted off to sleep. Lucky thing, the doorbell rang just before my soap opera was due to come on. It was UPS, delivering a pajama-gram. I laughed all day about being awakened to receive a pajama gram. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 24, 2010

The Great Mall Experience

It ain't all it's made out to be. At least yesterday's visit was not. The stores at the big mall are bigger. So are the traffic jams getting to them. If I never go back to the giant barn of a place called Toys R Us, it won't break my heart. As for SuperTarget, it isn't. Guy and I wandered through... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Great Scott! You say that computer's a piece of crap?

This Best Buy sales guy came over to me as I was looking at a certain laptop with a very attractive price tag. I liked his open, guileless face, his easy manner. He smiled. Do you have any questions I can help with? I'm looking for a laptop for the grandkids, I say. He asks how old they are. Matt's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Cookie Night

The girls next door are pixies. Yesterday when their mom came home for lunch, she rang my doorbell & asked if I'd mind keeping an eye on them for an hour or so. She had a present she wanted to buy for them and couldn't find a sitter. The present was a life-like kitty to sit on the bed or a pillow.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Push Me - Pull Me and Bite Your Tongue

Do I start with a pre-Christmas broken heart, or the Santa came early thing? It's never just one thing at a time in this life, is it? There's always the giveth and the taketh away -- a moment on the lips - forever on the hips -- sands through the hour glass. Joe came over last night, around 5:30 or... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 20, 2010

I finally decided what to get the distant kids for Christmas...

Best Buy gift cards. They're into electronic thing-a-ma-bobs and Ipod things, but I don't have a clue which ones they have, which ones are compatible -- all I know is they go to Best Buy for all kinds of things. So as soon as I can talk myself into getting out and about, I'm heading for the big... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Old People's Music

For some reason I'm on a nostalgia kick. There was something on PBS this week about wide open spaces, about this place in Kansas, the Flint Hills, where the population is about the same as it was years ago and people raise grass-fed cattle on miles of pastureland. They've resisted the efforts of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Michael's and a Mini Craft splurge...

A week or two ago Corbin posted a kitty picture. This isn't the news. The picture was of a couple very ticked off cats, one in a red fuzzy Santa hat, and one in a blue skullcap and scarf with the Star of David. Their names could only be Bah! and Humbug! Couple days ago I went to Michael's, jammed... Sign in to see full entry.

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