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The Post-Holiday Tying-Up-Loose-Ends Post : And now? Now my parents are home (they left yesterday morning), and I have yet to dismantle Christmas (it will probably have to wait for the weekend) and the guy is coming to install our new garage door opener tomorrow. (posted Jan 3, 6:19pm)

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A Fine Night for Skinny Dipping : I don’t know if Fuzzy didn’t see Pete or was simply too slow, but Pete went in, and even though he rarely allows anyone to TOUCH him (except me), let alone pick him up, he swam straight to Fuzzy, who plucked him out of the cold, cold water. (posted Dec 28, 5:43pm)

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All Dogs Go to Heaven : Best of Holidailies Sometimes instead of helping a rescue dog get to a forever home, the best – the only – thing you can do is to help them go to another, eternally peaceful, place. (posted Dec 26, 10:09pm)

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Dear Santa... : Best of Holidailies I think you know that I don’t mean gracefulness, though we could all dance more (it increases your heart rate and provides great muscle tone, after all – and have you seen my fan kicks? I do terrific fan kicks.) (posted Dec 22, 8:20pm)

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Why Not? : We bundle the covers up to our chins at night, to keep away the cold - cold temperatures, cold thoughts, cold fears. Everyone knows that blankets are imbued with protection charms. (posted Dec 22, 7:05am)

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Blessed Madness : Whether it’s blessed madness causing us to celebrate at this time of year because we’re all, deep down, wired to be radicals and upstarts who force summer’s colors into winter’s brush-stroke greys and soft whites, or because we believe in an historical account of lamp oil lasting for days longer than it should have, or the stars aligning in just ... (posted Dec 21, 12:26am)

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Musical Monday: O Holy Night : There are no lyrics. The video is really just a quiet picture. But the music is chilling. (posted Dec 20, 1:24pm)

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Rusty and Pete: Home for the Holidays : There’s something so wonderful about seeing a dog’s picture go from CODE RED to SAFE in the Facebook gallery. There’s something so special about knowing that three feet of space in my kitchen represents a saved life for a pair of sweet, innocent animals. And there’s a reason why, when I’m asked, I tell people my favorite breed is “rescued.” (posted Dec 19, 6:02pm)

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Patience & Presents : I haven’t opened the package yet, only the note. I’m trying to exert patience and wait for Christmas morning (posted Dec 17, 2:38am)

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Fluff for Brains : So, forgive me, please for not writing anything interesting or real. I'm sure in a day or so, the use of language will come back. (posted Dec 14, 9:56pm)

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Even the Trees were Listening : I had the distinct impression, you see, that the tree was present in a way that trees are typically not. Almost, I saw it nod at me, and acknowledge that we were sharing a mood, a feeling, a Moment. (posted Dec 11, 11:50pm)

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Ornamental : They are my history, wrapped in tissue paper and memories and kept in a box (well, multiple boxes) for eleven months out of the year. (posted Dec 10, 11:11pm)

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Riding Rails : The optical illusion you get when you’re sitting in one train, and there’s another train opposite you, and you really can’t tell which train is moving until you see a fixed object outside. (posted Dec 9, 12:17am)