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Posts Tagged ‘holidays’

On the eve of November

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Partly haunted, with your swirling blasts of wintry breath, and wind that moans, and leaves pressed flat against trash cans, like hairs glued to a running child’s face. Echoes, fresh in my ears, of tears that fell a lifetime ago. Partly wanted, Your butterfly swarm of exhilaration, expectation of holly bush happiness. Round-headed cartoon kids flying [...]

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First date

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

  So our yuletide outing with buddies H&B went off (mostly) without a hitch. The tug-o-war H tried to start with my cup at Starbucks ended up showering me, my Grinch necktie and my ivory ski jacket (what was I thinking?!) with peppermint mocha, but otherwise the trip was a great success. I think my [...]

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Holiday catch-up

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Wow. More than a month has blurred by since my last post. I feel guilty about that, but then again… these have been frantic, hustle-bustle days, and if I’m not gonna cut myself some slack, who will?  So I’m greeting this Saturday morning with equal parts relief, stiffness and anticipation. Relief, because our annual Christmas party [...]

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