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Entries from December 2008

Christmas Eve Eve on my street

December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Kevin & Melissa’s house at Christmas

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 25 November 1943

December 22nd, 2008 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 23 November 1943

December 21st, 2008 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Protected: Mother to Pat: 23 November 1943

December 20th, 2008 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Toy Vehicles Prohibited (Everywhere a sign #20)

December 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted at the bandstand on The Strand, Oceanside Pier, Oceanside, California.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 22 November 1943 (letter #2)

December 18th, 2008 · Enter your password to view comments.

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New York Times: Best Classical CDs of 2008

December 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The eagerly-awaited season of lists is currently upon us. The list-generating machine at The New York Times is cranking ’em out like crazy, and their “best ofs” are typically far-ranging and unpredictable. The NYT classical CD list – compiled by four of the paper’s classical music writers – has no overlap with the NPR list previously mentioned here.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 22 November 1943 (letter #1)

December 16th, 2008 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Tags: books · house · Ida & Pat

…there also resides fury.

December 15th, 2008 · No Comments

I drove to the pool at 5:00 a.m., despite the cold and wind. By the time I arrived, the sky had begun to express itself with intermittent spittles of rain. I had nearly completed half a mile in the outdoor pool when the lifeguard shut it down.

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Where beauty resides…

December 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Turning west off the interstate, he drove straight toward the beach, a mere ten or so blocks from the highway, where the sun was beginning to sink into the ocean. The sight was stunning and humbling.

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