Another ultrasound later
We saw the baby again today and she showed us her rump, her lips, her nose, her two feet, her belly and arms and legs. She is a kicker for sure. Anyway, it was nice to see her again.
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Month: February 2009
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The Spanish Custom House
Went for a song and $950,000 or $975,000 today at the auction. Apparently a private owner bought it.
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Good tidings from Croatia
The boys arrived late last night bringing gifts of chocolate, lavender soap, photos of us from Zuljana’s pristine beach last summer, lipa and rosemary and lavender oils, as well as other gifts. But the biggest gift is them here with us. Rain, rain, go away, we have boys who want to play.
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Impending joy
I was sitting in a journalist and writers group in 1996 in a restaurant on the wharf in San Francisco. Everyone was talking about tragedy and drama and how friction makes the best writing material. I raised my hand and said, Yes, but how do we deal with impending joy? And everyone laughed. But seriously, I have felt such amazing surges of joy in my life and happiness and the older I get the deeper…
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Thoughts by Rachel
1) Is Bush senior embarrassed about his son W? 2) Where does love go when it dies? 3) Why does the Book of Life not have answers in the back? 4) Why do German Shepherds have webbed feet but my Lab doesn’t?
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One day I might figure it out
As I was stirring the eggs and sugar for this marble cake I was making, I had this thought about how you need to envision what your life is supposed to look like – and then be happy and grateful when the vision is fulfilled. I’m looking out the window at the bayou, a big full moon, and I’m imagining spending the rest of my life here with T and raising children and having friends…
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When I’m daydreaming
Our friends from Croatia arrive this evening and so far I’ve cleaned the windows, made a big pot of red beans, baked a marble cake, made Cowboy Cookies, and also curried cauliflower. I still want to make cornbread but don’t know if I will get to it since the house needs to be vacuumed and the front windows cleaned. At one point today in the kitchen, I had this thought that I really would have…
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Monday countdown
An outstanding weekend as far as the weather goes. Why is uncertainty so hard to live with? The news is all about all of these people who banked on retiring by doing the right thing – investing in real estate and the stock market and now that proved to be the wrong thing to do. My parents never did anything just like a lot of people’s parents and so less to lose? It’s a full…
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Prince of Soul
Jer told me that Justin Timberlake and Al Green performed Let’s Stay Together on the Grammy’s. I just missed it by a few minutes, but you can see it here. That boy’s got some soul.