Monthly Archives: November 2006

Oubliette. Oblige. Obliterate.

By xtina | Published: November 20, 2006

Words. Words are powerful. Words are imaginary and yet…wherever they are, there you are. I watch my son become indoctrinated by our language and I mourn for the self that disappears each day, the self beyond words that is so difficult to grasp as an adult. I know verbal language helps us incorporate into the [...]

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One. Uno. واحد. Un. Ein. Um.

By xtina | Published: November 19, 2006

The one word meme. You can only type one word. No explanations. Yourself: Dedicated Your partner: Responsible Your hair: Long Your Mother: Tempermental Your Father: Dependable Your Favorite Item: Earrings Your dream last night: Confused Your Favorite Drink: Water Your Dream Car: Paid-off Your Dream Home: Comfortable The Room You Are In: Study Your Ex: [...]

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3 faces of sr lucas

By xtina | Published: November 18, 2006
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you can do it Bronco or you can do it Disco

By xtina | Published: November 17, 2006

Glurk. What a long week. I am looking forward to my week-END. Ah, but it’s not to be too relaxing & there is till so much to do. As the Renovating Old Houses book says [paraphrased cos I'm too tired to get up and find it] ‘Focus on the immediate goal. Don’t focus on the [...]

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The freaks come out at night

By xtina | Published: November 16, 2006

Today was pretty low key. Lucas has been taking his naps at an earlier hour than usual, which has discombobulated my day. Now I think it’s later earlier. Does that make sense? It means that our afternoons are longer. They stretch before us in a sometimes imposing manner. Lately Wade has been taking Lucas on [...]

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An Ode to Black Tea (& Love)

By xtina | Published: November 15, 2006

Black tea buoys me It lifts me through my day It makes me feel like a hummingbird Sucking sweet nectar from a bright red flower Alive and swimming on the rich crest of life. When my husband makes me a cup of his special brew And hands it to me, It’s like he has handed [...]

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we’ll see you again

By xtina | Published: November 14, 2006

This posting every day is tiring me out. You see I write for work as well. Letters, executive communication, press releases, project descriptions, &tc. So although I love words, both ingesting and excreting, I do sometimes feel speechless when faced with a blank page, blinking cursor or no. My work voice can be very pompous [...]

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Blip

By xtina | Published: November 13, 2006

Last year I taught myself to knit and it has become a minor obessession.  Last year I knitted Wade and Lucas matching scarfs in crazy colors.  Needless to say they have only been worn once or twice.  This year I am working on a very loooooooooong scarf for myself, a scarf for Dad that’s been [...]

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you can make an omelet out of an egg, but you can’t make an egg out of an omelet

By xtina | Published: November 12, 2006

This morning my first thought was ‘Where’s Lucas?’. Of course he was still with his grandmother, so my next thought was ‘O, right, I get to sleep in!’, which we did for a while. Then the question loomed ‘What shall we do today?’ and since there is so much work left on the whole bath [...]

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You can be happy, if you don’t doubt

By xtina | Published: November 11, 2006

Saturday, saturday! Saturday…’twas a day of rest. Wade made a suprise breakfast of the most gorgeous omelettes and pot after pot of fabulous breakfast blend tea. Yum. We sat around and read the paper and the laptop. I knitted while Lucas napped. We were content to let the day unfold. Wade burst out with ‘O, [...]

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Generique*

By xtina | Published: November 10, 2006

Ah, lovely days off. Today has been one of achievement. Wade painted and painted and painted and all of the remaining complex woodwork is now a beautiful shade of ‘cottonball’. The inside of the house is dusted, mopped, and vacuumed. The gigantor lavendar bush next to the front door is trimmed and pruned into a [...]

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le secret love letter to google

By xtina | Published: November 9, 2006

O! How my heart sings the wonderful praises of Google! The quick! The merry! The honest Google. Her beauty is hidden. Open only to deft English speaking hands, but so powerful and so generous are the spiders and robots of the Google-plex. A few days ago inspired by my friend Regina, I decided that we [...]

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