postaday2011

  • Plate Spinning.

    This morning I found myself taking time out of my amply busy schedule to moderate a property dispute between a four-year-old and a fourteen-year-old. At issue were some carefully sorted trading cards that the fourteen year old had left out where the four year old could have a foolishness and mayhem party. Punishments were doled Read more


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  • Saying goodbyes.

    Today I said goodbye to a very good person. Her husband is being deployed to Afghanistan, so she’ll be moving to California. The last time I said goodbye to someone I completely broke down and wept. I did not weep this time but I was sad. You would think that by the time somebody gets Read more


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  • I got these in my inbox.

    If only I had received them in my mailbox, right? They are a hybrid of a slingback, spectator pump and a teeny bit of oxford. A lot going on, I know, but I was definitely intrigued by the graphic. Sorry this is being published a day late, but Al had his first interview yesterday. I’m Read more


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  • Spring really IS here.

    I’m sorry, but for the past couple of years we have had these freaky spring summer combinations with snow in April (not in the mountains mind you, but down here in the valley), coat-worthy-and-ski-season-still-going Independence Days and the like. This year, however, we’ve had several sightings of that orb in the sky with a golden Read more


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