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December 2009

And on the last day, there was nothing but us dogs.

The Yamhill County Animal Control ShelterI don't remember this dude's name but he was quiet and huge and powerful looking but also seemed very interested... Read more »

Going To The Dogs

(To give them something they can use and maybe make a day in their life a little easier.) There are a lot of things broken... Read more »

Snow Is A Beautiful Silencer

A couple of things that bear saying: it is blaringly obvious that I am undermedicated right now.  I can't afford to return to the psychiatrist... Read more »

Hope is a lot like faith, only more honest.

Retreat is the theme in my head.  Retreating from unhealthy relationships.  Retreating from social media.  Retreating from insincerity.  Retreating from the outside world.  Retreating... Read more »

Small Celebrations

When I was a kid one of my favorite things to do on Christmas was to go with my family to the movies.  We didn't... Read more »

Coming Unpeeled

. I wrote a six page Christmas letter from hell and sent it to all of my friends and family for whom I actually had... Read more »

20 Tips To Help You Successfully Parent A Child With ADD and/or OCD

If you don't know much about ADD or OCD but would like to learn, I have linked to different sources of information where the... Read more »

79 Dresses Into Hell

79 dresses into hell and I might combust in the satin shroud holding everything I've ever touched together with feeble thread, always on the verge... Read more »

A Delightfully Dreary Tuesday

This may  look like a dreadfully nasty pile of chicken shit covered hay, and it is, but it's also absolutely wonderfully rich matter for the... Read more »

I'm Thinking Of Running Away To Cuba

I wrote this last week some time, or the week before, and forgot to post it.  Ooops. My imagination is fueled by Celia Cruz singing... Read more »

Peaches So Ripe

I have now listened to "Take On Me" by Aha approximately 40 times tonight.  That's on the heals of having listened to it about... Read more »

Pirate

If this was a ship it would never reach the sand, waiting like a crescent of glitter against your dark prophesies. I have been... Read more »

Weather: why we can't stop talking about it.

This is a picture I took of my sister over Thanksgiving.  It was a bit chilly here, especially compared to where she lives in Southern... Read more »

The Knowing; Cliff Notes

Knowing who you are is so much more than knowing what you'll eat when you wake up in the morning, what clothes you wear... Read more »

Just the three of us (and the dog).

There are just the three of us, plus the dog, like a small tribe of hooligans trying figure out how to navigate in a sea... Read more »

Happy Dirty Midnight Martinis

I'm always sorry when I bleed into the fabric as though I never heard it come rushing through the weave of winter.  As though... Read more »

My Brand New Bag!

Isn't it pretty?  I spent about an hour looking for a pattern for this bag at JoAnne's and experienced the usual curse of the pattern... Read more »

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