dishpantheism (again)

i stayed up into the...

2009-12-21T23:46:15Z

i stayed up into the wee hours last night making a paper chain for the tree. i used a badly damaged book of victorian poetry. the book itself was not very old but the pages were beautifully foxed and yellowed. the chain turned out quite pretty but...

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we decorated sister's tree this...

2009-12-17T06:31:05Z

we decorated sister's tree this evening. it was delightful. sister's beau roasted chestnuts. i have roasted them before but mine didn't turn out very good. the chestnuts tonight were fantastic. sister's beau said it was the ex carved into the tops...

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went with sister and her...

2009-12-16T05:15:24Z

went with sister and her beau to collect a christmas tree. i still haven't procured one for myself. i don't know that i will. i suppose i'd better decide soon. tomorrow or the next day some very overdue gifts will be winging their way to their in...

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we're having quite a storm...

2009-12-11T07:46:01Z

we're having quite a storm. the wind is roaring around the corner of the house. i can hear the willow tree outside the window whipping about. very soon i will take the quilt top that my great-grandmother made and quilt it to a backing that i have...

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it was another rather cold...

2009-12-09T09:02:41Z

it was another rather cold day. ice stayed on the ground. lola made little tracks through it when i let her out this afternoon. i sat in my car in the sunshine and read some and wrote some. the feral mama cat came loping by with a huge gopher in h...

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it is so very cold...

2009-12-08T05:56:12Z

it is so very cold out. at 1:30pm it was still only 36F. and that's not taking into consideration the icy wind that was a-blowing. however it didn't stop sister and me from going for a walk. as we rounded a corner i was looking at my feet and tryi...

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it is said that the...

2009-12-07T09:47:13Z

it is said that the daughter of linnaeus would set a match to fraxinella on windless summer nights. the air above the plant would burst into flame momentarily. bang. i have never grown it in my garden but i've wanted to. i think this spring i'...

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along highway 41 there were...

2009-12-05T06:09:34Z

along highway 41 there were fields of haulm from cotton crops. the ditches were white with stray bolls. the rushes along the aqueduct were golden. egrets stood along the banks. dead stalks of sunflower lined the fences. the prospect would have bee...

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went for a long drive...

2009-12-04T02:50:18Z

went for a long drive in the country yesterday with my sister and mother. it was sister's birthday. we drove to the top of a very high ridge and stopped to look back down the dirt road which we'd just ascended. it was a lovely view. the sun was de...

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just received the news that...

2009-12-02T01:40:05Z

just received the news that my exboyfriend has passed away after a battle with a rare form of cancer. disbelief. he was soft-spoken and kind. a consummate record nerd. given to spontaneous displays of goofy affection. impulsive on one side and me...

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