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1. Step Two: Fill Those Damned Bare Spots: (Chris's Blog); The Christmas tree was 'fully lit' last night, as was I when I finished... which explains my 'Lies, Lies, LIES' piece. Today, after recovering, I once more braved the chilly, but not completely CRAPPY ...; Created on 24 December 2007
2. Moving Monique - Part I: (Chris's Blog); ... I was silently cheering. We were at least over one hurdle. Did I mention before that she had two cats? No, I probably didn't. Have you ever ridden in one of those 14-foot U-haul truck cabs? There isn' ...; Created on 25 February 2015
3. Don't F@#$ With The Duck: (A Bears Own Story); Remember those Mardi-bears I mentioned yesterday? “They are pretty dumb but they do funny stuff,” I said? This morning I thought I was going to rip my stitching open I was laughing so hard. As a plush, ...; Created on 24 May 2014
4. Who Needs Thumbs?: (A Bears Own Story); ... Wyatt, and I live here. Yeah, yeah, you know those other guys... 'them' as we of the plush variety refer to them. Chris and Dave. Not bad humans for the most part. They have their issues. People do. I'v ...; Created on 22 May 2014
5. Lesbian Partyjacking: (Chris's Blog); ... I mentioned above, sometimes we get to meet locals, who as it turns out are also writers/editors/publishers. And sometimes, as was the case on Saturday night, those people live right around the corner...or ...; Created on 19 May 2014
6. We're Really No Bette: (Chris's Blog); ... lost faith in the 'Liberal Masses.' I've spent the past 12 months sparring and ranting almost on a daily basis with those whom I would generally consider 'on the other side of the fence' politically... usually ...; Created on 19 December 2012
7. Dangling Outliers: (Social Commentary); ... socioeconomic stereotyping, it's merely a fact. Humans tend to 'group'... and those groups then draw lines in the sand between themselves and the 'other.' If a member of our pack is attacked, we all jump ...; Created on 04 September 2012
8. Inevitable: (Chris's Blog); ... prepared for the barrage of (well-meaning, I'm sure) questions/declarations of “Why do you want to live in someplace like that?” Most of the time those statements come from people who have never been here ...; Created on 01 September 2012
9. The 'Stuff' of Dream: (Chris's Blog); Saturday July 30, 2011 - The day broke. It broke hard. We needed to: 1.) get the truck 2.) pack the truck. Those were the only two things on the list, but they were very, very LARGE items. Actually, ...; Created on 11 July 2012
10. Corn: (Great Shots); "Uncle John's Apple Farm" reminded me of all those places you would go to as a child and think, "this is supposed to be great?" It was basically a tourist trap in the middle of no where, but it did ...; Created on 10 November 2010
11. A Spot In The Sun: (Latest); ... Her nubby tail always elicited the same question from those first meeting her: “Oh no! What happened to her tail!?” Dave got upset with me when I explained that I used to tell people he had twisted ...; Created on 14 September 2010
12. Inside The Yellow Box: (Social Commentary); ... and stacks of trays lived there for as long as I can remember, only coming down for periodic shows... you know, those 70’s style, “Let’s invite our friends over to see the slides from Hawaii!” shows...Ummm, ...; Created on 29 June 2010
13. One Hundred Years: (Chris's Blog); ... years. I am sorry to not be at the funeral, but I'm glad I shared her 100th with her when we did. It's a simple reminder that once again, enjoy those things you love because we're not all going to live ...; Created on 10 June 2010
14. Older, But Not Quite Wiser: (Chris's Blog); ... At least I'm out of my thirties, what a nightmare those were. This year promises to hold a lot of changes which I'm glad for. It's time for changes. And in the vein of past lessons learned I'm going to ...; Created on 04 June 2010
15. A Vaguely Productive Day: (Chris's Blog); ... only 10%. I think I need to either adjust my expectations or I need a drill sergeant to greet me each day at 6am and scream at me to get off my ass. Sometimes those drill sergeants are provided to us ...; Created on 02 June 2010
16. The Little Things: (Latest); ... lessons and meanings begin to pop out of the smallest things - ironic in and of itself... since you'd think we would pay attention to the big things, but we don't. Those just seem to slip right by us. I ...; Created on 02 June 2010
17. Finally An Update: (Chris's Blog); ... allow for some interesting new things. All this comes with a renewed 'vision'... no, not of the Virgin Mary, although I've been known to have those too.... but the love affair with Facebook has become slightly ...; Created on 27 October 2009
18. It's Time to Grow Some, So Please Do, MSM: (Chris's Blog); ... Despite the intellectually dishonest maneuvering of your campaign, many Americans admire you, John McCain. Before you embraced the darkness, I was among those who disagreed with your politics, but considered ...; Created on 15 September 2008
19. Straight Outta Compton: (Chris's Blog); ... A weight was lifted and so was my mood. Those of you who know me can only imagine what my mood was like if I don't describe it as 'cheerful' or 'buoyant.' We were married. Gosh. I'm sure that couple ...; Created on 10 September 2008
20. Bananas? You're kidding, right: (Things You Have Always Wondered About); There are many polarizing things in this world: abortion, gun advocacy, Hillary Clinton, assorted films by Jim Carey... but all of those things pale in comparison to one thing in my mind. So in honor ...; Created on 27 August 2008

Hammond Castle

Dave and I drove to Hammond Castle with our brother-in-law Steve and our niece...

Marshall Square Park

We had been at the hospice with Dave's mother all that week. I stopped to take this as we...

Getty Center Terrace

This was taken at the Getty Center in LA. I'd spent a few hours there and as the light was...

A Spot In The Sun

I started the word processor at my desk, after sitting here for the past hour thinking...