Friends

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Youngest person in the house had the flu today, but was feeling better by evening.

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The end of the term brings plenty of extra reading.

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Last year, a reader asked if I'd ever made a calendar. Hmm. So now, for friends and family, I've made a printable calendar for 2010, using some of my drawings of Pittsburgh from the past few years. You are welcome...

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Eventually we remember to buy kleenex.

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Even with a house now full of Christmas cookies, these are so sweet, so perfect after dinner.

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Sometimes you need to start small. (Just keep going.)

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Fuzzy blue homemade slippers keep my feet warm at night. (We did have some snow, but nothing stayed on the ground.)

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Steady wind outside, then sudden gusts, then back to steady wind sound again. The temperature is dropping, and children and I hope for snow.

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Black and green nail polish, used to paint details onto board game pieces.

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Small ornament folded for our table-top tree.

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Fighting off the cold with cups of tea and rest.

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Tangled. I get interested in the constituent shapes.

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Back in season. We roll them across the table to each other at the end of a holiday meal. We eat them like candy.

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In celebration of the season.

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Putting my feet up and then drawing them without really looking at the paper was just the right thing to do a the end of the day. The process slowed me down and went well with the sounds of steady rain falling on the street outside.