Tag: christmas
member name: Sheila Deeth
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December 17, 2009 11:06 PM EST --
Tom slid miserably down the wall as girls crowded the hall. He wished he’d not been chosen, hated this. Jen’s catty, sharp-clawed words were hard; Len pudding-pawed her face; Di rooster-crowed. . . .
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December 02, 2009 03:54 PM EST --
A scene almost Dickensian; dark alley, mildewed walls and dust-drawn windows, eyeless to the child’s unruly pain. She hugs the blanket tight to narrow shoulders, shaking chest, then rests herself . . .
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December 10, 2009 12:26 AM EST --
As woolen clouds touched earth and grew to fog, the sheared sheep shying, as sunlight dropped and puppy-dog wrapped its naked fur in dark, they started out. Stark shepherds crossed the wool-clad field, . . .
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December 13, 2009 01:20 AM EST --
The silver globe hung on the tree, reflecting colors of room and lights, hiding secrets all its own. Child knelt and pointed awestruck at camels and kings that twinkled inside. Shepherds stood with . . .
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December 13, 2009 12:22 AM EST --
They were threatening ice and snow for the weekend, so Friday morning Mum and I drove to Multnomah Falls while we still could. It was a beautiful trip, blue skies and sunshine all the way...
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December 18, 2009 12:57 AM EST --
The small tree bloomed, its branches bent with jewels, glass-walled reflections. Twinkling lights lent red and blue and yellow to shade the dark. And childish hands, each movement planned, pressed . . .
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November 05, 2009 08:08 PM EST --
I've just set up my stall for the first Christmas Bazaar of the season. (And yes, I know it's not Christmas yet, but there aren't that many weekends left for bazaars.) I'm really really hoping I might . . .
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October 21, 2008 09:18 PM EDT --
The proofs came in the mail !!!!!
So, yeah, I've been playing with Lulu, trying to get my Christmas and Easter drabbles . . .
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December 11, 2008 08:22 PM EST --
My Mum couldn't possibly have managed the stairs, but Pittock Mansion's fully equipped with the original elevator, built because the owners of long ago had need of it.
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December 11, 2008 07:45 PM EST --
Yesterday we went shopping and bought real (English!) mince pies, so now we're ready for Christmas. And today...
we drove to Pittock Mansion
to enjoy . . .
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December 11, 2008 08:02 PM EST --
Pittock Mansion's just a little way outside Portland, a lovely old house surrounded by incredible views, and saved from demolition by incredible people. To celebrate Christmas, they've . . .
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December 11, 2008 09:18 PM EST --
If you don't like stairs you enter Pittock Mansion by the servants' entrance.
But even the servants got views from the laundry room.
We fell in love with . . .
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June 08, 2009 08:08 PM EDT --
Lulu have put my books on Amazon as part of their "Amazon marketplace pilot." It's really exciting, especially now that the Amazon prices are the same as the prices I set. But of course, just having . . .
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December 02, 2009 04:26 PM EST --
The Christmas tree twinkled with tiny lights and scented the living-room with pine. “Smells like washing-up liquid,” said Emma, but Mom seemed to like it. She spent the whole afternoon . . .
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November 11, 2008 12:18 AM EST --
The Christmas Bazaar was beautiful and very professionally run. Tables were laden high with goods--gorgeous jewelry, pottery, fabrics, quilts, toys, paintings, crib scenes, decorations for the tree, and . . .
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December 31, 2008 12:49 PM EST --
With wind and snow and ice, my Mum was getting cabin fever, trapped indoors. Luckily the new camera gave her an outlet.
Then we went out to dinner.
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