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Monthly Archives: December 2011

If you crawl before you walk, do you swim before you crawl?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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Paul and I are still walking our three miles almost every morning, a very good thing, as confirmed by this YouTube, which I posted on my Facebook account a couple of weeks ago. So right now, I would say, I’m … Continue reading →

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Transition

Posted on December 29, 2011 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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The Mammut Stratus I wrote about back in March, 2009, has died. It was getting pretty ratty anyway, but “Massive zipper failure” is what the doctor wrote on the certificate. (This was always the worst part of this unattractive but … Continue reading →

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Happy Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2011 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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Christmas Eve, and the Concordians should be just about starting their trek south to us. We hope to see them before midnight. This is the first Christmas sweet B at least partially understands. Considerable excitement — mostly, it seems, less … Continue reading →

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That’s all

Posted on December 22, 2011 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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Some decades ago, one of us attended a fashion show at a no-longer-extant, moderately fancy department store. The ludicrously pretentious presenter insisted on introducing items and accessories as being perfect “for that of spring.” We, of course, stole the locution. … Continue reading →

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Reserve? What Reserve?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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Sweet B’s precocious language use and the various manifestations of her outgoing personality (anything but the norm in this family) make us laugh and smile whenever we see her. They also make us wonder where all this came from. Just … Continue reading →

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What was that?

Posted on December 20, 2011 by MarkSeptember 30, 2016
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I’ve been seeing delightfully more of a great good friend lately, and that’s inevitably reminded me of a trip he and I took into the Sierra in, I think, the late ’80s. I have no idea all these years later … Continue reading →

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I agree, so Outside must be right

Posted on December 19, 2011 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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Many decades ago, when I was, I suppose, a senior in high school, a slightly younger boy came up to me one day and asked, “How can I get to be a good runner?” “Well, you could hop in with … Continue reading →

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But where’s the tractor?

Posted on December 18, 2011 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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Sweet B helped set up a little crèche yesterday. She calls it “the Jesus farm.” … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Césaria Évora

Posted on December 18, 2011 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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She died today, at home in Mindelo, on her native Cape Verde island of Sao Vicente.  I wrote a little about her here a few years ago. What a singer. … Continue reading →

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