Archive for December, 2009
Monday, December 21st, 2009
promises to keep
…My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
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…These woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep.
- Robert Frost, Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
the [...]
33 Comments » - Posted in relationship stuff by bon
Monday, December 14th, 2009
a wonderful life
we come home to a mailbox straight from central casting – all holiday flyers and cheer, so full that the top is flipped open and the envelopes dusted with snow. i drag and pull and one letter sticks, too wide for the narrow passage meant only, apparently, for business-sized communications.
a Christmas card.
we did not send [...]
76 Comments » - Posted in stuff to be done by bon
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
the first cut is the deepest
i have this suspicion i don’t talk about in polite company. i don’t say it aloud.
i don’t say it aloud because i hear you lurking in the cloakroom, you cackling voices of tweenage doom & gloom. these are the easy days! you caution, glorying in your foreknowledge of the horrors awaiting us, we who clearly [...]
26 Comments » - Posted in mama-baby stuff by bon
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
i’d like to thank my sponsors
they say you can’t win if you don’t play.
i’m at the Canadian Blog Awards, this year: http://cdnba.wordpress.com/.
thanks to Neil & Mad & possibly some other complimentary soul, i’m nominated in three categories: Best Overall Blog, Best Personal Blog, & Best Family Blog. i’m in damn good company. and so i need some votes. like, uh, daily. [...]
