Archive for October, 2008
Normally I love Halloween.
The candy, the dress-up, the parties, spooky decorations… This year, I can’t seem to get past the Dia de los Muertos element. Which means ancestral altars, and dad. I feel like I should create an altar, but I just can’t bring myself to group dad in with the dead yet. Seems absurd, after everything else [...]
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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BlogStalkers: Ode To My Knitting
I had fantasies of writing actually poetry for this, but see, the thing I forgot is this: I’m a lousy poet. I mean, really, you don’t even want to know. What can I tell you about my knitting? Warm, cushy wool. I thank the sheepies for their gift Sweaters, socks, things to be comforting and [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2008 under Knitting.
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What the Heck?
Is that three chins I see in that pic from last post? So very much time to lose weight. I’m sure all the booze I drank around the funeral didn’t help but wow… I rather enjoy not looking like the mother of two teenagers! Didn’t I try this whole dieting thing a little while ago? [...]
Posted: October 20th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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In which there is chaos, and grief…
My father died on September 28. I’m finding myself still reeling, wondering how this happened and why (Oh, I understand, he had a heart attack, etc., but… what the hell? I’m not ready for him to be gone). Bah. I can’t even talk about it. It just seems… wrong. So, I’ve finished knitting a Licorice [...]
Posted: October 17th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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