tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749081159166385909.post8059275154294514286..comments2024-01-09T17:32:54.394-08:00Comments on blahdeblahblah: New Years Eve MorningMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16988552680114857345noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749081159166385909.post-24121419519081286652015-12-31T17:13:10.751-08:002015-12-31T17:13:10.751-08:00Well, I think you owed me an email. You also did m...Well, I think you owed me an email. You also did marvelous things to your lovely house, continued your 23-year-long process of creating the world's most perfect children, and kept any number of priests from making the most godawful mistakes. And I've just eaten a very fine cookie that originated in Boise. Can you claim any exorcisms? Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988552680114857345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749081159166385909.post-2977121164116642292015-12-31T13:51:56.998-08:002015-12-31T13:51:56.998-08:00Short-eared owls are the best. Or else burrowing o...Short-eared owls are the best. Or else burrowing owls. I didn't fill a jar with beans or make a garden or jam, or art, or cycle my city, or travel. (Dang. What DID I do this year?) At any rate, happy new year. And love.Letitiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230578385311514898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749081159166385909.post-26104251069013333572015-12-31T12:10:35.185-08:002015-12-31T12:10:35.185-08:00I've thought about the polar plunge but it see...I've thought about the polar plunge but it seems pretty unlikely. Which is a pity because I loved it the one time I participated--and the weather should be perfect. <br /><br />Are you *really* out of grape jam again? Maybe you'd be willing to take one of last year's bottling? -mMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988552680114857345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749081159166385909.post-52128683021666840512015-12-31T11:29:43.681-08:002015-12-31T11:29:43.681-08:00I admire your persistence with the garden, as you ...I admire your persistence with the garden, as you get actual food from it, unlike mine. I have fond remembrance of the fabulous grape jam every time I eat toast with the vastly inferior store-bought variety. It does spoil one so.<br /><br />While I am not brave enough to ride a bike in Seattle, nor possessed of knees that would enjoy such a thing, I am all in favor of your taking up arms against a sea of car drivers. Keep up the good work.<br /><br />You forgot to mention travel! You had fine travel adventures, yes indeed. <br /><br />I didn't track reading that carefully this year and think the total was below 40 -- nearly all of it nonfiction. Fiction has disappointed me greatly of late, so for 2016, I have a plan to write a novel myself to make up for it.<br /><br />Have a wonderful New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. What, no polar bear plunge?Alex MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121919349442258779noreply@blogger.com