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You didn’t not get a valentine from me.

February 14, 2010

You did not not get a valentine from me this year.
No one got a valentine from me this year. It wasn’t just you.
I know. I know. I ALWAYS send valentines.
But this year I did not. And I am probably more saddened by that than you are. Not to keep the focus on me or anything.
It’s [...]

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be careful what you say.

January 9, 2010

There was a comment on my blog recently that I hesitated to let be published–thinking it might disturb my brother. I finally chose to mention it to him, and am now making the comment public. The comment was left on this post where I rant and rail about my husband. I know who left it [...]

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puddle. of. bliss.

December 19, 2009
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sweet

December 14, 2009

I lent my phone to my nephew yesterday, and today when I went to check my ToDo List I found this message.

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a new Xmas

December 12, 2009

I am medium about Christmas. I don’t do the Christ child thing–never have really. But there are people with whom I have spent dozens of Christmas holidays, and we have a trove of traditions between us, and in that regard, I do enjoy this season.
My husband does not “do” Christmas. He has some poignant stories [...]

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Beth’s Box of Warm

December 1, 2009

I almost stumbled over this box on my way out the door.
Now I am not complaining, I am just saying that there was this big box sitting at my doorstep, which I had not been expecting to receive and so I almost tripped over it walking out my front door.
Always eager to delve into surprise [...]

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So this is what 53 looks like

September 14, 2009

When I was 14 years old I had a notion that I would not live to be older than 21. I don’t know why I believed this, but it seemed real, seemed solid and true.
Wherever do we get our ideas about life, and how our life will be, and who we will become?
In recent years [...]

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Excuse me, may I sit at your lunch table?

August 4, 2009

I find myself in an odd state. And it’s probably my own damn fault, but I am just not sure how it came about.
I have never been a real social creature. I don’t have an abhorrence of all things social; it’s just not a realm in which I have ever excelled. I am inclined to [...]

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Meet the family

July 23, 2009

I bought a dress to wear to the family reunion!
Finding the right dress is an accomplishment–something traditional that suits my non-traditional sensibilities. Something that will be attractive but not overtly sexy, something charming but not white-bread. In other words, something neutral yet unique. A challenge, eh?
The Reunion is in September in Missouri and is comprised [...]

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