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The Baby’s Rider

I just found this in the paperwork from Fresco’s birth. Wish I’d seen it months ago; we would all be a lot less deaf now. Performance (ie: sleeping, eating, cooing) of The Baby Known As Fresco, hereafter referred to as … Continue reading

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Around the Corner And Down the Way

“We’re coming,” I told my mom on the phone Wednesday morning. Snow dumping from the sky, incessant. Children running madly around the house, cabin-fevered after days of impassable sidewalks. “OK,” she said, “Your father is worried you won’t make it … Continue reading

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Calm Before The

It just keeps snowing and snowing and snowing! Not news to you East of Surrey people but hereabouts it’s like I’m a goldfish in a tiny bowl, peeking out the window every time I pass one, gasping at the snow … Continue reading

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First Day of Winter

It was a snowy day. It looked like this: I talked to our neighbour who was carrying several loads of food and party-type supplies from his house. “Are you going away for Christmas?” I said. “No,” he said, “It’s our … Continue reading

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There is a Lot of Useful Information in This Post But It’s Buried in Inconsequentialia

I was at the mall yesterday and I saw a little girl, hopped up on candy canes and dollar store chocolate, skipping madly away from Santa’s Wonderland and singing, “JINGLE BELL, JINGLE BELL, JINGLE BELL RAAAAAWWWWWWK” and I suddenly saw … Continue reading

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