“By the power vested in me by the moon and stars, I now pronounce you husband and wife.” The shaman’s final blessing, tossed about on the buffeting winds, was the last restraint from her rose petal lips. He beamed at his bride, their faces close.
The Most Carmina Burana Time Of The Year!
During the month of November, I love to listen to Carmina Burana. Every year.
This tradition has roots in my college days.
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Top Ten Names From Books I’d Give To My Children
This week’s Top 10 Tuesday focuses on characters I would name future children after. Little mini-mes and mini-Cohibas.
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Even With The Baby?
NaBloPoMo is going to be challenging this year, as my eight month old keeps me pretty busy and writing a coherent blog post is rarely in the cards. I’m usually left to thumbing in a post on my iPhone or speaking it in, trusting the voice to text software. Commenting will be easier.
Weekend Coffee Share #6
If we were having coffee, one of us would be late, probably you. You had been to a Halloween party last night, and the we had the annual time change. The time changes always mess us up when we have appointments, and I would normally be late, too. This year, though, for better or worse, my little time keeper will make sure I recognize the extra hour. You apologize and things spill out of your bag as you rush to get here. I offer to fetch you a cup while you get settled. You thank me when I come back and ask me how the Wee One adjusted to the time change. I roll my eyes and tell about what high hopes I had as I sat in in my running car listening to spooky classical music as she napped in her car seat. She’s struggling today, I reflect.
Top Ten Tuesday – Fictional Family
For this week’s top 10 Tuesday, I’m considering book characters I’d want as family members.
1, Professor Lupin, the Harry Potter series. I think he’s be a distant uncle, or maybe not that distant, so I could talk to him a lot. He’s wise and humble.
Weekend Coffee Share #5
If we were having coffee, I would tell you about my visit to St. Louis. It was full and good, full of our favorite things. The Wee One got reacquainted with her grandparents, and she had a ball with them. It was good to be with my folks, and we binge-watched Justified because I wasn’t able to watch it when the baby was younger.
Night and Day Top Ten Tuesday
Every now and again, we have one experience that is either awful or wonderful, and then have a completely opposite experience the second time. I’ve had that several times of flipping my opinion of something pretty suddenly, and this Top Ten Tuesday is going to focus on that.
Memories of a Childhood Home
It’s odd to think of my childhood house and the memories I have associated with it and thing that my Wee One will have memories, too, about the place we live in just the next few years. Every day with her is so beautiful, fun and playful. I will like seeing what she discovers about our home.
Papa Loves Mambo…And So Do I
My childhood home had a lot of music; my parents were both musicians. My birth father was a trumpet player, and when I was really young, I remember hearing him practice in the basement, and then bashing around church when he played for the Christmas services. I know Casino Royale on a cellular level, hearing him play it so much.
I Didn't Just Wake Up This Morning With A Craving 