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Monthly Archives: December 2021
Covid, Christmas, Covid
We arrived home Tuesday afternoon after a long drive back from Vermont. Nobody, us included, should have traveled for Christmas, and yet it seems like everyone did. Some people have characterized this as an “F it” attitude, but for me … Continue reading
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Sing It Like Pavarotti
Welcome to Day 23 of the 2021 Virtual Advent Tour, hosted by my friend Sprite at Sprite Writes. For this day of the Tour, I’m going to tell you about a silly Christmas tradition that my father and I have. … Continue reading
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The Power of Procrastination
It’s after 4:00 p.m., and I ought to have done more gift-wrapping by now. In fact, wrapping is one of the few tasks that I had on my to-do list for the day, and I haven’t done it yet. Come … Continue reading
2020 in Review
If you thought that yesterday’s flower post was out of place, this one is even more so. I first started working on this post in December of last year. It has been sitting in my drafts folder all year. I … Continue reading
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Catch-Up Post
What a bizarre and terrifying world we live in. Last Friday I got e-mails from the principals of my kids’ schools to tell me that everything was proceeding normally and that we were not to believe the Internet rumors suggesting … Continue reading
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SITY: Hello, Yellow
We’re approaching the end of the year, and it’s a good time to clear out my blog drafts folder. There are several SITY posts waiting to be finished up and published. It may be the wrong time of year for … Continue reading
Be Safe, and Be Well
It’s the 20th day of the 2021 Virtual Advent Tour, hosted by my friend Sprite at Sprite Writes. For my day of the Tour, I’m going to talk about Christmas ornaments. Every year, when my kids and I start to … Continue reading
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Saturday Thoughts 12/18/21
Most days I don’t even want to try to write, because I don’t think I have anything to say. I take a quick peek inside my head to see if there are any obvious thoughts rattling around, and there’s hardly … Continue reading
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Ramblings 12/9/21
On Monday I had parent-teacher conferences with my kids’ teachers. It was nice to hear Livia described as “an amazing mathematician” and Marshall described as “conscientious” and “on the ball.” These were in-person meetings, and everyone was wearing masks. It … Continue reading
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December To-Do List
Daily tickets for the Advent calendar Photo album (but TBH probably won’t happen this year) Take pictures for the photo cards Design, order, and pick up the photo cards Mail the photo cards Put up and decorate Christmas tree Order … Continue reading
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