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This morning, despite forecasts of heavy rain, I woke up to sunshine.
And this morning, despite staying up late to write yesterday’s post, I woke up with an abundance of energy. Not energy to run miles or cook up a feast or de-clutter and organize closets, but creative energy. The kind of energy in which you [...]


you’re old

17Nov09

On November 18, 1981 a baby boy was born.
A few weeks later he was placed upon his two year old sister’s lap for a photo op. Adoringly, he gazed up at big sister with his big blue eyes – and she poked him – in the big blue eye. The pictures are of big sister [...]


Weird! This morning I took a cruise through my old Huckdoll’s Hood blog archives trying to find out when I flunked out of NaBloPoMo ‘08 and found this, written on this day last year. It’s a weird feeling to read it and be transported back in time, yet not even recognize the person who wrote [...]


The family and I all received our H1N1 vaccinations this afternoon. I’ve spent the last few days and all of this morning trying to think of reasons not to get it though.
Perhaps it was because our family doctor was running a vaccination ‘clinic’ from 9am till noon; it’s not like we had a private appointment [...]