Christmas was low-key this year. We slept in, had breakfast, had my dad over for movies (A Christmas Carol circa 1951, Futurama: Bender’s Big Score) and dinner (lemon roasted chicken and potatoes), then went to Lenneth’s for the evening, watched the end of That 70’s Show season five and made snickerdoodles. On Christmas Eve we [...]

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Sunday evening Johan, Lenneth and I attended the Ms. Lynn’s Tea Room Christmas Dinner, featuring the Rogue Tubas, a tuba quartet. Dinner was fabulous (as all food is, at Ms. Lynn’s), the Christmas Tea was fabulous, the mulled pomegranate cider was fabulous. Here’s the menu:
Sundried Tomato-Crusted Brie Appetizer
Caramelized Pear Salad with Blue Cheese and Toasted [...]

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I feel like my eyes have been glued to one book or another for days now — the upshot of which is that I’m only five books short of completing the 50 Book Challenge. I’ve been re-reading Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet (one book left, one I didn’t know about; the Quint to my Time Quartet) [...]

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I’ve been suffering this weekend from something which I hate to call a cold: it’s more than dry-throat irritation (what I thought it was originally) but other than some slight nasal issues, I’ve no other symptoms. Very tired, but not really “sickly” in any other way. I’ve been drinking tea with honey for days and [...]

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I can’t tell you how glad I am to not be going out amongst the eager return-the-presents-we-don’t-want crowds. Eesh. We had my dad over both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, gave him the first season of Star Trek, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Jon gave me U2 by U2 and the new Dragonquest Heroes: Rocket Slime [...]

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To all who happen upon this, have a most blessed and wonderful Christmas. (What are you doing online?? Go eat. Or mingle. Or something.)

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A post featuring vintage Soviet New Year’s postcards is up at Common Themes. Merry Christmas!

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