Today is my best beloved’s birthday. He is something of a minimalist in aesthetic so doesn’t like to receive gifts. For years, my practice has been to give him subtractive presents. This has been things like gift certificates to remove the item of his choice from a room, or a day without internet. Sometimes, it […]
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My dad’s birthday was yesterday but we are throwing a party for him today. One of the lures of Dragon*Con, actually, was that it made it easy to be home for the festivities. Last night I took Mom and Dad out to Mikado, his current favorite restaurant, for dinner. Today is the big shindig which
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Today is my brother’s birthday. You remember Steve, right? He’s the one who commissioned the Elvis Garden Gnome for his girlfriend’s birthday. My brother is a generally good guy, but does have a bit of an evil streak in him. He also is fond of beers and has a deep knowledge of different types and
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February has a cluster of births for my family. I’d planned to be home for Mom’s birthday, in addition to Grandma’s and mine, but had to shift my schedule around for the show. However, I’d remind you about how completely awesome my mother is. She’s not just supportive of my brother and me, she’s also
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My niece has reached her majority and in honor of that milestone, I offer you this video of baby pandas playing in the snow.
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Dad’s been asking me to bring my violin back to Woodthrush because he’s knows that I’ve pretty much stopped playing, and I’ve resisted because a home without a musical instrument seems like it is incomplete. But, in the year that we’ve been in NYC, I’ve had it out of the case exactly twice, both times
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So, that was a great time. Dad invited a whole bunch of his pickin’ buddies. Witness one small sampling of the pickin’ & grinnin’ we had. [audio:RolyPoly.mp3]
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I’m home for my Dad’s 70th birthday, which was supposed to be a surprise, but Grandma leaked it. Although, as it turns out, Dad was expecting me to come home anyway, so when Grandma asked what time my flight was getting in, he thought that it was just something he’d forgotten. But you’re surprised. Aren’t
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Not that he reads my website, but my beloved is 43 today.
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Yes, February is quite the eventful month for us. I’d planned on celebrating today with Mom and taking her and Dad out to dinner at Daniel. My brother and I had also arranged to fly him to NYC secretly to surprise her. Alas. These plans are all postponed. But the birthday isn’t. I hope it
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Since my plans with the folks were out, I decided to throw an impromptu party. I was figuring it would be a small turnout, you know, what with last minute notice for a Friday night. To my pleasant surprise, close to twenty people came round. We opened some interesting wines, had hors d’ouerves, ordered Chinese.
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I am thirty-nine years old today. For some reason, women are supposed to be shy about their age. This has never made sense to me. I mean, it used to make social sense to mask one’s age to lengthen the amount of time one was eligible for marriage. But, hello, we are not Victorian anymore.
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My grandmother, who still lives alone, is 103 today. Granted, her kids take turns coming over to help with housecleaning, but she still cooks for herself. When I was home in the summer, she wanted to talk politics. She votes every election and is very adamant about doing so. It makes sense, I mean, she
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Today is my little brother’s birthday. Although we had serious sibling rivalry growing up, he’s a swell guy. He just got accepted to Vanderbilt where he will finish his doctorate. I’m not looking forward to calling him Dr. Harrison, but I’m still proud of him. Oh– and he’s driving up to NYC to help us
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Today is Mom’s birthday and I wish I could be there with her.
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