As if it weren’t bad enough that Stella disemboweled that Christmas ornament yesterday — in my bare feet I stepped on a small, painful object that turned out to be the hand of an angel — she’s come up with a new little trick. Under cover of darkness she tip-paws over to the tree, carefully selects a present, picks it up with her fine black lips, and carries it to the middle of the rug […]
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Fallen Angel
I hate my stupid dog.
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Today marked the return of the prodigal daughter. To celebrate, we went to my physical therapy appointment. On the way home we got a noble fir. For our midnight tree decorating session, Tennessee Ernie Ford was Lulu’s music bed of choice. Then I put on one of my favorite Christmas ditties: St. Stephen’s Day Murders by Elvis Costello and Paddy Moloney. With his gin-flavored whiskers and kisses of sherry, His best Chrimbo shirt slung out […]
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Here’s my very second Web video! I’m so excited. It wouldn’t have been possible without the help of two generous strangers: the person who developed the video plug-in, and the one who offered, out of the blue, to convert my video file for me. The Internet can be a wonderful place. It’s almost like real life. Sometimes better. [flashvideo filename=wp-content/video/howl.flv image=wp-content/video/howl.jpg /]
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