2010 Year-End Meme

The objective of this meme is to reflect back upon the year. Flip through your blog and look at the very first entry for each month. Take the first sentence from that entry. Cluster them into a single post (as seen below) and tag other friends so that they might do the same. 10 Jan 2010This beautiful tree haunted the winter landscape this morning.   3 Feb 2010Smelts: sweet...

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Christmas

Snow whirls lithely beyond the window panes. The robust odor of Stracotto di Manzo permeates the house. An empty bottle of Reggiano Lambrusco litters my coffee table; I swirl sweet, still-effervescent remnants in my glass. But enough of that. Our Christmas was serene. We attended St. Stephen’s last night followed by dinner at a lovely restaurant across the river. We awoke to...

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Winter Solstice Eclipse

Nearly 3 AM. I’ve emerged from the house every half hour or so, the storm door hinges proclaiming my activities to the neighborhood like some enormous cuckoo clock touting the passage of time. I stand on my back deck and gaze up at the Moon. Gauzy clouds obscure lunar features but the Earth’s shadow has become more imposing as the morning matures. I’m awed by the tranquil splendor....

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Television

The memory is fickle. We plod through life without ever fully realizing how much data our happy little brains record daily. Case in point: Milky. I ran across an old TV commercial and found myself momentarily existing in a bygone era. Join me in the Way, Way Back Machine and I’ll take you on a ludicrous history lesson. Television. It has been around for quite a long time, in...

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What's on TV tonight, dear?

ABC Family Worldwide Inc. has put forth their usual excellent holiday programming as well as a disparaging amount of pop sop, proving without a shadow of a doubt that a lot of asinine Christmas productions have been made for the sake of cheap entertainment. Case in point for bad holiday programming: Christmas Cupid. As described by the IMDb, this pint-sized Dickens knock-off features...

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With Christmas Around the Corner...

Has anyone noticed that… My Thanksgiving “leaves” are still festooning my front door… Plastic tubs brimming with jolly ornaments are cluttering up my dining room and pose a hazard to passersby… The dogs are pooping little artificial tree “needles” because I haven’t vacuumed in a week… Don ‘t worry, it won’t kill them. They’ve pooped worse. Honestly. Has anyone noticed that...

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Early Winter Thoughts

Winter’s first true snows have blanketed the yards in our neighborhood. Soft piles gently tuck withered mums and hostas in for a long nap as the ice incased twigs and branches overhead sing a tinkling lullaby. A parade of large flakes marches diagonally beyond my parlor windows, a lovely visual contrast to the warm red and green hues emanating from the room itself. My holiday...

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