HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008!

2008, BRING IT ON!

May the coming year be one of fulfillment, love, challenges met, continued growth and as much joy as can be reasonably stuffed in.
Much love to you all.
O’Mama

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Connected

Each Sunday, Postsecret publishes its week of submissions, from both email and snail mail. This week, a very thoughtful and timely card was submitted:

Our weekend guests from Ottawa, activists for global women’s rights and environmental defense, respectively, initiated many conversations about what their organizations were specifically working on. Evie will soon be joining her [...]

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Meme: 2008 and beyond

I have stolen this from Tense Teacher, and I am ever grateful.
1. Will you be looking for a new job?
I don’t think so, but my job description may evolve slightly as I add, er PUBLISHER, to the mix. Bob and I have begun our own press, so I am going to move slightly peripheral to [...]

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Photo Friday, etc…

Nature’s exterior decorator was at it again last night, and this morning found a lovely sight waiting to be beheld.

Our guests arrived in the snow last night and I was so very relieved to see our male dog taking to Margot, aka Magoo, very well, instead of the bloodbath I almost expected. Initially, Shem could [...]

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Dog Invasion

A few days back I crankily (and incorrectly: I am still self-flagellating)  posted about uncommunicative almost-guests, wending their way to us on a schedule I did not know. Well, now they’re really coming – through a few inches of snow in the mountains of Vermont – and they’re bringing their dog with them.
Their incredibly [...]

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The Golden Compass

Before I get to my family’s reaction to this film, I must extend heartfelt thanks to Dan, whose review of the Dr. Who Special, Voyage of the Damned (which aired yesterday on BBC 1), was gratefully received. Thanks, Dan!
If I did this through conventional channels, I would be obliged to wait until sometime [...]

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Ten Things Tuesday: a Jew at Christmas

I wish everyone in the goyishe (non-Jewish) world a very merry and joyous Christmas, full of  Santa’s bounty and pertinent return receipts.
Yesterday, I ranted about how my impending guests were particularly non-communicative. At this point, I should mention that somewhere a misunderstanding and poor planning crept into the discussion, and after hunting them down, [...]

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Guesting

As in active verb. As in how to be one.
Or, how not to.
Yup, that is the question.
Each winter vacation, friends of ours join us, after originating in Ottawa and then driving to Vermont, where they spend time with in-laws. Months ago, they told us the date of their proposed visit, which we duly inscribed [...]

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Alouette, Rubber Duck, and communication

Very often, my family sings to communicate.
I don’t know how many of you are aware of the children’s French song Alouette, incidentally about plucking the feathers out of a skylark, but the tune is another evil brain worm; everyone in my family is infected. These are NOT big birds, so if you are inclined [...]

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The Brevity Meme

One word, and only one word, so here goes! I found this at Morning Coffee and did swipe it.
Yourself: Eloquent
Your partner: Intense
Your hair: Bedhead
Your Mother: Hysterical
Your Father: Genealogist
Your Favorite Item: Depends
Your dream last night: Searching
Your Favorite Drink: COFFEE
Your Dream Car: Hybrid
Your Dream Home: Dustless
The Room You Are In: Study
Your Ex: None
Your fear: Incompetence
Where you Want [...]

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