Monthly Archives: December 2010

box full of sweetness

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Zahara

I am the proud aunt of the two cutest nieces on the planet.  They live in Florida and they are 6 and 8 years old. They picked a boxful of oranges and grapefruits from their nighbor’s tree and sent them to … Continue reading →

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Running the Gauntlet

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Zahara

I ran the gauntlet tonight, and it was worth it.  It is pouring rain.  I drove out to the coast.  (*For the second time today)  Jim and Kate were at the end of that drive, bearing turkey soup loaded with … Continue reading →

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Have a very Chevy Christmas

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Zahara

A simple wreath is never enough for the tree farmer/boyfriend: This is what happens when you go 4-wheeling in the tree fields in December.  The craziest stuff gets stuck to your grill.

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Little Blue Spruce

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Zahara

A message to you, dear readers, from me, via my mother: We have a small, living-in-a-bucket, Blue Spruce, courtesy of Marty, the retired tree farmer boyfriend.  Little Blue Spruce relaxes in the shade of the backyard when he’s not hard … Continue reading →

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Scone-O-Rama

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Zahara

Here is what you feed a kid with Pneumonia, a six-foot-five, 250-pound fourteen year old who has hardly eaten in six days.  A kid, by the way, who is feeling a lot better and coughing a lot less now, thank you. … Continue reading →

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I am not going to blog today

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Zahara

   That’s right, no blogging.  I am going to turn off the computer.  I am going to shut it down, not simply hibernate.  I am going to close the lid on the laptop.  No blogging today.  I am not going … Continue reading →

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Top Hat down…

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Zahara

The top hat has been sitting on the couch alot this week.  That’s because the head it normally accompanies is in bed. Last Thursday evening I left for a long weekend at Marty’s, 3 hours away.  Friday night when I checked … Continue reading →

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cutting into my blogging time

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Zahara

This whole going to school business is cutting into my blogging time.  Do my professors think it’s easy being a blogger?  Yes, yes they do.  Otherwise they wouldn’t pile me up with essays and projects and critiques on a regular … Continue reading →

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bear sign, hoofenwoofers, fun with fungi, and a Mendocino sunset

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Zahara

Friday, mental health day.  Only one more essay to write (the value of literature) and a critique in ceramics class and I am finished with the semester.  Turned in my final Statistics project on Wednesday.  I am so done with … Continue reading →

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Top hats and hitchhikers

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Zahara

7:20 am, the phone rings and it’s Ivan.  “Can you come get me? I missed the bus.”  “Sure, I’ll be there in a bit, start walking.” Ivan slept at his Dad’s last night, just a mile down the street from … Continue reading →

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