TRADITION – Part I
One Christmas I decided to buy myself an 8-inch Madame Alexander Wendy doll. I’d been eyeing a display of them for years at Mr. Mopps’ toy store. But they’re collectors’ dolls—for me, an extravagance, I’d told myself…
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
And Happy Hanukkah!
Below is a photo of me in my pajamas, trying a clown costume on my new Muffy doll when I was…nine, maybe?
A LINGERING SPRING
Dear friends and family,
Today when I was driving back from Walnut Creek, I saw the brown hills just beginning to green, which always lifts my spirits. (Actually, I learned recently that the indigenous grasses were perennial, so the
ARIELLE’S FAIRY
Before I go any further, I'm thinking, I should post a montage of scrapbook pages from "Us, Livin' the Life"—to showcase the activities for kids and parents featured there. Among them are the following:Using felt markers, draw a quick, spontaneous scribble with a dark...
HEAD ELF
Above is Arielle's scrapbook page for Christmas 2010. It's hard to get anything to stick to glitter paper, so we tried various adhesive embellishments to hold photos in place. The captions "Tree Hugger," "Head Elf," and "Spiked Eggnog" are hers. The pointed hat is a...
NO PICKLES
There are no pickles or dolphins or spaceships on my tree. Half of the glass ornaments I’ve been collecting since my twenties are traditional round ones, and the remainder have a holiday season theme, broadly speaking: Christmas trees, Santas, snowmen, icicles,...