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DECEMBER 12, 2018
An Ordinary December Day with the Dogs
A quiet Wednesday at home in mid-December. The dogs spent most of the day occupying the bed, their favorite spot in the house. For a while it was just the one,…
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DECEMBER 12, 2018
A Quiet December Night with the City Holiday Lights
December in the city has its own kind of energy. I spent an evening downtown on the 12th, just taking in the holiday decorations as they came to life after…
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DECEMBER 8, 2018
A Few Quiet Days on the Mountain in Tahoe
A few days on the mountain in early December 2018. The sun was out, bright and low in the sky, casting long shadows across the snow. It was cold, but the kind…
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DECEMBER 4, 2018
Dragons, Peacocks, and Christmas Lights at Home
A couple of quiet days at home in early December. The holiday decorations are officially up, including an enormous inflatable dragon that now dominates the…
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NOVEMBER 29, 2018
A Tale of Two Christmas Trees and Two Dogs
We got into the holiday spirit at the end of November in 2018. This year, we ended up with two very different Christmas trees. The first was a bright white…
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NOVEMBER 24, 2018
A Quiet Holiday Weekend at Home
The few days after Thanksgiving in 2018 were quiet ones spent at home. The holiday season officially kicked off with festive mugs of hot chocolate, loaded with…
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NOVEMBER 17, 2018
A Quiet Week at Home and a Thanksgiving Table
A quiet stretch of days at home in mid-November. The sunsets over the hills were consistently beautiful, casting a warm orange and pink light across the…
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NOVEMBER 9, 2018
A November Trip to California to Meet the Twins
We flew out to California in early November. The first evening gave us a classic view down toward the pier, with the palm trees dark against the last of the…
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OCTOBER 31, 2018·San Marcos, California, United States
A Neighborhood Halloween at Home in San Marcos
Halloween in San Marcos, back in 2018. The centerpiece of our celebration was my daughter’s costume: a creepy, broken doll. She committed to the look with a…
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OCTOBER 24, 2018
An Evening Walk Through the Neighborhood's Halloween Displays
In late October of 2018, I took a walk through a nearby neighborhood after dark to see the Halloween decorations. Some people really go all out, turning their…
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