Monthly Archives: December, 2009
Looking Forward, Looking Back
For some reason, it didn’t hit me until recently that this year’s end also meant the end of the first decade of this century. I just posted a “Top Ten” of the decade on Facebook after seeing a friend do the same, and it helped spur me to think more about my goals for next …
Holiday Cheer
I’m about to start the final blitz of preparations: baking, cleaning, shopping, wrapping, the whole bit. I’ll leave you with a little wistful bit of Christmas magic, courtesy of Thomas Hardy: The Oxen by Thomas Hardy Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. “Now they are all on their knees,” An elder said as we …
Blizzarding
So remember when I blogged about the big NYC trip we had planned, when we were going to see the Rockettes? The Blizzard of 2009 intervened instead, and I’ve spent the past few days in the house with the girls, which is especially sucky because my husband and my in-laws went ahead Friday morning. So …
Shivers
I’ve got a wicked head cold, the kind that starts with a single sneeze, followed by another sneeze an hour or so later, followed by five or six wet sneezes in a row, and then all of a sudden your nose is red and chapped around the edges and you’ve got a little pile of …
Xmas
The tree is up and decorated, after a few near-misses, one new tree stand, and one incident of me leaping forward as the tree crashed over Sophie’s head. The Christmas cookies are baked, though have not been distributed, and I keep forgetting to send in checks for teacher gifts. We have a fun family trip …
Brownies
No, not the wonderful story by ZZ Packer, but instead, the actual troop of giggly girls I’ve been spending some time with yesterday and today. Yesterday was the annual Mayor’s Christmas Parade, and our troop proudly marched about two miles, carrying a felt banner, shaking jingle bells, wearing reindeer antlers and occasionally singing “Jingle Bells” …
Leaving on a Jet Plane
I kept thinking I would have time to write a lovely post about my lovely Thanksgiving trip to wonderful Anderson Cottage bed and breakfast in beautiful Bath County, Virginia, which is 89% forest and 100% amazing. I was going to write about the chamber music concert we attended before a delicious gourmet Thanksgiving dinner, the …
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