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Tag Archives: Christmas
Then You Can Dream About It, and It’ll Be a Whole Garden.
You know, George, I feel that in a small way we are doing something important. Satisfying a fundamental urge. It’s deep in the race for a man to want his own roof and walls and fireplace, and we’re helping him … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Family, Friends, The '80s, Work
Tagged A Day Late and a Dollar Short Terry McMillan, apartments, Christmas, Colorado fires, creche, cruises, Dorothy, Fontanini, George Bailey, Holly Hobbie, Hurricane Sandy, it's a wonderful life, jimmy stewart, Little Orphan Annie, miracle on 34th street, natalie wood, nativity scenes, ornaments, Shannon, St. Nick's Day, Wizard of Oz
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A Good Memory From My Most-Hated Grade
I hated sixth grade. It was the year my parents made me go to Christian school, after I’d finally and painstakingly eked out an identity for myself at Chatterton, the public elementary school in my district. I wasn’t the prettiest, … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, School, The '80s, Women
Tagged " corsages, 1986, banquets, Chatterton Elementary, Christmas, Connect Four, costumes, essays, gymnasiums, Halloween, hoedowns, Ireland, Long Island, Madonna Virgin Tour, posterboard, private school, prom, public school, Saint Lucy, sixth grade, Snickers, South Shore Christian School, Sweden, The Rock, topographical maps
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The Costumes of My Life! Part I
As many of you already know, I’m in love with Halloween, and costumes especially. Were I a more knowledgeable geek (and also had more money (which I probably would if I were a more knowledgeable geek)), I’d be at every … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, School, The '80s
Tagged 1975-1987, Angel, Annie, blue eye shadow, Christmas, colored hairspray, costumes, Dorothy, elementary school, fabric paint, fairy, fluorescent socks, Glinda, glitter, gypsy, Halloween as satanic?, hoop earrings, interdenominational Christian school, Janis Joplin, leggings, Manitou, pierced ears, punk rocker, side ponytail, SSCS, the 80s, Thingamajig, Thundercats, tiara, Wicked Witch of the West, wings, Wizard of Ox
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I Must Break You?
I’ve always written journals, in some way, shape, or form. I remember in Christmas 1985 when I was 10, getting this matching set – stationery, pen, some cardboardy-decorated desk thing which name’s escaped me, and a journal. It was not … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, The '80s, Women, Work
Tagged 1985, blogging, Christmas, diaries, divorce, Dolph Lundgren, Garbage Pail Kids, headshots, Ivan Drago I must break you, journals, Ken Tarantino photographer NYC, Pamela Ribon, Rocky IV, Shannon, Sylvester Stallone, Why Girls Are Weird, Word document
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The Ballad of Pecan
It was a Spring day in 1996. I was in my bedroom on the third floor of my Baldwin family home, with two new kittens that were now my babies. One orange and white, one tabby/stray that earned him the … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, Women
Tagged 1996, ACE bandage, Archie Andrews, Bootsie's Ghost, brothers, cats as family, cats glaring at you from underneath the Christmas tree, Christmas, Cordelia Chase, Crispin, Cupcake, cynical cats, Da End of Da Road, Da Kitties, Da Pets, Dead Man's Party Season 3 Buffy, family moving away, Game of Thrones, happy for the community, hot apple cider, Jughead Jones, Ken Kesey, long life, madonna/whore complex, Magic Trip, Molloy college, North Shore Animal League, obligatorily indignant, Oneonta, Pecan, phileo love, poets, possums, proverbial eyebrows, Pumpkin, RIP, Rupert Giles, Seth Green, Spring, Spring 2008, Stella Luna is the best restaurant in Oneonta, tabby cats, The Shield, the sixties, Tommy, tummy rubs, turning 25, Vic Mackey, Walton Goggins, Welcome home Tommy, West Side Story
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30 Days of Non-Humbug: A Quest To Grow My Heart Three Sizes
Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville – did not. The Grinch hated Christmas – the whole Christmas season. Now, please don’t ask why; no one quite knows the … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Tagged Amy Grant, bah humbug, Christmas, grinch, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
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