Tag: family
member name: Liz H.
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November 24, 2009 03:04 PM EST --
Joe Sawyer had a biting comment for every body and every thing.
When he was complimented: “Wonder what they REALLY want?” If the sun shone: “Watch out . . .
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October 11, 2008 10:40 PM EDT --
Common wisdom has it that Autumn is the time to bend our backs, gather and put by Summer's harvest, and prepare the family for the long dark nights, barren branches, and icy coffin of winter storms. . . .
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November 28, 2008 11:07 PM EST --
Wonderful unplugged duet with Richard Thompson, his son Teddy, and a couple of guitars. Scottish TV, circa 1999.
(If you can't connect on click, copy and paste the link to your address bar) . . .
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December 29, 2008 06:08 PM EST --
Seattle's writer/filmaker Scott Braden has strange insight into the psychology of cats. Here is a sampling from his library of Cat Haiku.
From Will Braden, "Cat Haiku"
feet under . . .
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November 19, 2008 07:27 PM EST --
This is my parents' immigration story:
In the Family section of a Dayton, Ohio Daily newspaper circa September 1955, is a picture of a slim, dark-haired beauty who smiles at her sister, an apple . . .
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February 21, 2009 09:36 PM EST --
"Mom, are you a stoner?" This from my 15-year-old, half-knowing, half-speculative. We're driving home from his Saturday morning sports club.
"No, of course not," I laugh. "Why would . . .
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October 02, 2009 10:31 AM EDT --
Snippets-Challenge 3-Day 1
Josef, exhausted, surveyed the piles of horse manure and their waiting bags. Fertilizer had seemed to be such a money-maker. He sighed, “OK, next step: Cut . . .
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January 03, 2009 09:53 PM EST --
The snow may be falling, the temperatures dropping and the winds howling, but there's a solid tradition in town that keeps Twin Cities folks warm. The St. Agnes Baking Company, owned by . . .
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June 06, 2009 05:35 PM EDT --
June 6 th , 2009
A chill rain pounds away at the pockmarked parking lot, explodes and drizzles down the plump hoods of new-issue SUVs and smaller, more energy-conscious imports. Strips of yellow-grass-greening . . .
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September 27, 2008 02:58 PM EDT --
This is in memory of my grandmother, Lizzie, who died in late 1997. Her one marriage, resulted in two daughters that emmigrated to America to produce their own children and grandchildren, . . .
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March 18, 2009 07:46 PM EDT --
Spring Thaw (03/18/09)
We're well into our Spring thaw, snowmelt trickling, rather than tumbling down the concrete gutters of our suburban street. Rain is predicted over the . . .
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October 07, 2009 12:44 PM EDT --
He didn’t remember how it had begun, or how long he’d suffered the scaly skin and the ache between his shoulder blades. Headaches that sliced upward through the base of his skull and burned . . .
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December 04, 2009 02:16 PM EST --
I’m passing on nostalgia for slumber parties/senior prom. Hilarious and tender, they’ll be told later.
I’ll tell you about two mothers in their 70’s, a near-50 daughter, . . .
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August 28, 2008 10:37 PM EDT --
Head west on Dan Patch Avenue, almost to the foot of the
SkyGlider, but not as far as the Grandstand, and you'll find a
cinderblock blue one-story that's a spot of serenity within the . . .
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November 01, 2008 10:30 PM EDT --
What do you do when your falcon has flown, and you haven't seen him for days? Well, you literally have to go fly a kite.
I look at my muddy boots on the dash and think maybe I'd . . .
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