Tag: family
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Danielle LoPresti: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Because it’s all about the kids when it comes down to it, right? One of my favorite covers of a Christmas classic.
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Eleven Years Ago…
…we bought a particularly nice tree from this unsavory character. I made the mistake of saying, “hey, toss me that tree over there…” Opps. Man, does time go fast. The semi-feral six-year old ragamuffin making sure the tree is safely nestled in the bed of our truck is going to college next year…
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Two Weeks of Halloween: The Buckley Family
This is a classic, and for good reason….the Buckley children clearly had some mommy issues.
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Saturday Night Originals: OBX
I’m no photographer, and I’m envious of those who have “the eye,” and the skills to go with it, to create beautiful and interesting photographic images. I spend too much time looking at photography here, on Flickr, or wherever else I might find it, and I’m thankful for all of you who regularly share your…
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Ghosts of Christmas Past, er, Present Part 4–Christmas Eve Now
Part 1 The Hanging of The Greens Part 2 On The First Day of Christmas Part 3 Getting There From Here We’ve had some good Christmas Eve celebrations over the past two decades or so, since my wife and I started celebrating together. Each year we gather at my in-laws home with however many relatives…
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Ghosts of Christmas Past Part 1: Hanging of The Greens
I began this essay last season, ultimately publishing the initial portions as a somewhat unrefined draft, but never finishing–so the six or seven of you who read it last year might find the first portions somewhat familiar. For most of you, however, we’re treading on new ground. My ardent followers and weary friends will certainly…
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Autumn Found Photos: This Is Going to Be Difficult
An initial foray into the world of autumn posts revealed a whole lot of gifs, clip art, graphics, cute photos of other people’s children raking leaves or going on hay rides, and creepy-ish images that remind me of stuff cut-and-pasted from an LL Bean catalog. Or Sears Roebuck, even. There’s also a lot of clearly…
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Random Photo Found Via Google #13: Rockin’ Family
Random photos from the internet to you, via me. About these posts and the photos in ’em: http://wp.me/p3AOvB-FN
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Best Damn Quotes #8 Armistead Maupin
“I know I can’t tell you what it’s like to be gay. But I can tell you what it’s not. It’s not hiding behind words, Mama. Like family and decency and Christianity.” ― Armistead Maupin
Old Road Apples 