Bypassed on the Heighth-way

Ah yes, the moment has come again. That moment where I stand back to back with yet another child, and the verdict is gleefully proclaimed, “Mama! I’m taller than you!”. Which does not take much, since I am 5 ft 2.
This child is Kiko, who is full of exhuberance. Note the child climbing the wall [...]

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New Things

This picture is the work of one of my artist children. I have two who draw. I think it’s staggering. This one is by my 16-year-old daughter who is entirely self taught.
I have a new hobby. I am going to make my own anti-aging face preparation. While comparing the ingredients of this winter’s expensive face [...]

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The Weather Outside

The weather outside can’t make up it’s mind to be spring or winter. The day begins in the 60’s, will end in the 20’s tonight. On the home front, the only front there seems to be, the tree is up.
Mama is in Manila. I called her and listened to the merry relay of the phone [...]

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161 Meme

I’ve been tagged by Larry Lehmer for the 161 Meme. He is the writer/journalist/blogger who writes http://www.whenwordsmatter.typepad.com/.
I know who Larry Lehmer is, and am a devoted reader of his blog. I didn’t know what a meme was, I called it a meem, but actually its pronounced Mimi, like my sister’s name (actually she goes by [...]

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November moments

Bud went to Texas and came back the next day. The time he was gone felt like a week, although it was roughly 43 hours. His trip went extremely well and now he will be even busier. He brought me back a folkloric cross studded with milagros.
This morning I could hear him conducting a [...]

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