February 2012
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February 11, 1913
My grandma Agnes was born on today’s date, 99 years ago. (Just did the math as I was typing that — wow.)
She passed away on her husband’s birthday in 1992, at 79 years old. I was only 5 years old at the time, and certainly had not had enough time with my grandmother. So often, I wonder about how different my life would be if I had only had a few more years with her…or...
January 2012
62 posts
“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and...”
– Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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August in Waterton, Alberta
Above me, wind does its best
to blow leaves off
the aspen tree a month too soon.
No use wind. All you succeed
in doing is making music, the noise
of failure growing beautiful.
—Bill Holm
Ice Milk Aprons →
Who knew aprons could be so elegant?! I love the story behind these, too — a granddaughter taking sewing lessons from her grandmother, which blossomed into a collaborative project that lives on after the grandmother’s passing.
Watchsummerleigh:
What your cat does when you’re not there… starring Sami
Somehow, I’m not surprised. :)
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Vegetable and Garbanzo Curry - a favorite recipe...
Vegetable and Garbanzo Curry
from “Slow Cooker Favorites Made Healthy”
Prep: 15 minutes / Cook: Low 5 hours, High 2.5 hours (I recommend high for 2.5 hours; the veggies got mushy when I cooked it on low for longer)
Makes: 4-6 servings
3 cups cauliflower florets
1 cup frozen cut green beans (I omit these…not a big fan of green beans!)
1 cup sliced carrots (2 medium)
...
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Graham: A good book, a great film, a birthday card, I weep. I'm a major weeper.
Nothing Gold Can Stay (Robert Frost)
angelsci:
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
One of my favorites.
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he...”
– Dead Poets Society, 1989 (via transparentopaque)
