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I Love the Gem Show

I love geology. I am a great big fan of rocks. I love fossils and geodes and crystals. My favorite rocks, though, by far, are ones I can wear. Enter the gem show. Most years, I don’t go to the gem show. I know me, I know the capacity of my house and the (much […]

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Headline: Obligatory Vacation Picture Post Turns into Rant

So we’re back from Pinetop. Here are some obligatory pictures. Not too many, because I didn’t take a ton and also I’m too tired still to put a lot of work into posting. The child met a squirrel. This picture is from after she petted it. I did the dutiful mom thing and yelled at

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Putting Up the Tree

The first year after my husband died, I had absolutely zero interest in Christmas, but I still had a six-year-old. I acquired a tree, dragged all the lights and ornaments out, and let the kid have at it. It was a six foot tree, and all the lights and ornaments were on the one section

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