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Sometimes, it doesn’t take a village

I wrote about a recent run-in with a busybody at a store. A woman came between me and my Bea.

It’s at 5 Minutes For Parenting and it’s called Hello Kitty has no mouth for a reason. Go say hello. If you haven’t been there lately, note the site has been spiffed up.

Have yourself a melancholy Christmas

The joy was forced. Christmas 2005 was clouded by the very recent deaths of my grandmothers. While it seemed most of the world was making merry, our family made funeral arrangements. Death doesn’t stop at intersections to let Santa’s sleigh cruise by. It has the right-of-way. Always.

I’ve found solace and even validation through […]

Christmas, 1951

My curly-headed mom got a ukelele.

It was a happy morning for all.