Category: Everyday Life
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Christmastime
We decided to do some decorating this year! Twinkle lights and poinsettia and paper snowflakes and cranberry-popcorn garlands. It’s so nice to feel Christmasy this year – some years it just doesn’t happen. It helped that this weekend has been so cold, and that our lovely friends Nat & Grant dropped off a poinsettia this…
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And your little dog, too!
This is Sadie, Loli, and Ellie. All are incredibly cute, and belong to my parents and my sister. All weekend in west Texas I had to constantly yell, “PUPPIES!!” because they’re so dang adorable.
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Randoms
Oh, I forgot I have a blog. Oops. So when it’s chilly inside, I snuggle up with a good book and the kitties swarm around me for warmth. It’s quite lovely. Roux turned 12 this weekend. Can you believe it?! Old man. And in his old age, at the dawn of his 13th year, he…
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Randoms
Left: Fall means that gorgeous afternoon light, and open windows, and cats pretending they are outside. Right: Fall means sipping coffee by the fireplace even though it’s probably not really cold enough to have a fire lit. Left: George rushed to my laptop and flopped on it. My first thought was, MY LAPTOP! My second…
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Hooray
Hooray for autumn walks and cloudy days and new tote bags and lovely sisters and chocolate cappuccinos. Hooray for farmers markets and fresh persimmons and burst tomatoes and scrambled farm eggs and PG Tips. Hooray for people who fight for valuing people’s work. Hooray for old neighborhood cats who are warm and snuggly and happy…