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first day in moscow
Posted Jun 17, 2011 at Two Old Houses
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International Trade
It came in the mail on Monday, a battered blue-striped box postmarked from Daly City, CA. My father, a man who needs other people to wrap his Christmas present for him, had swaddled every exposed inch with packing tape. When I rip it open a big green can rolls onto the kitchen table. Big letters on the side proclaim it as “Marca El Rey: authentic chorizo de bilbao”. It’s a lie. They have never heard of this chorizo in Bilbao, or anywhere else in Spain. It’s made in the USA. But in the Philippines, this can is worth its weight... Continue reading
Posted Aug 26, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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Morning Commute
Cops are at the station this morning, bright green vests and wide stances poking at backpacks and rummaging through everybody's lunch. Continue reading
Posted Jul 16, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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windowsill garden
Posted Jun 5, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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Trapped
A fly has squeezed through the screen into my apartment, lured by the scent of growing flowers and shelter from the wind; I can hear it knocking against the glass unable to get out. Continue reading
Posted Jun 2, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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tuesday meeting doodle
Posted Jun 1, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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windowsill garden
Posted May 29, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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Wearing her colors, I find myself craving bright...
Posted May 27, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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Today I am becoming my grandmother. I'll get a...
Posted May 22, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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the sala window
Posted May 21, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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I Want To Send Myself Roses
I want to send myself roses paid for today and sent anonymously in the future So that years and years from now when I am an old woman with 10 cats I will wake up to find a dozen red roses on my doorstep and think that I have a secret admirer Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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windowsill garden
Posted May 8, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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mahjongg 3
Posted Mar 6, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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the pictures are not enough
Posted Feb 20, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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mahjongg
Posted Feb 19, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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Posted Feb 17, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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Andy tried teaching her to use a computer once,...
Andy tried teaching her to use a computer once, but it didn't take. "My computer is voice-activated," she would say. "I ring for my girl Rina and she writes down my message and types it into the computer for me!" She had used a typewriter in her younger days but after the age of seventy or so she abandoned it for a yellow pad and pen. Her children told her, "Mama, you're regressing. Soon you'll be back to a chisel and a stone tablet." I think she liked the quiet of the pen. When I would sleep over at her... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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the water tower
Posted Feb 6, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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possibly the last family meal we had together
Posted Feb 5, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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"It's strange," Carl said, "But the clearest...
"It's strange," Carl said, "But the clearest memories I have of my childhood all involve screaming and running away." Continue reading
Posted Feb 4, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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houses
I am thinking of houses. When you're a child you live in the back of the house and all its secrets are open to you. Whether it was my own house, my grandmothers', relatives' or friends' houses, as a child you go everywhere. The bedrooms, kitchens, the hidden places in the back where people are hanging laundry or cleaning fish or grating coconut in a messy shower of husks and white meat--it's all one. You run everywhere, see everything. But as you get older, things change: you become a guest, you spend more time in living rooms and less in... Continue reading
Posted Feb 3, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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tita louey's room
Posted Jan 19, 2010 at Two Old Houses
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Oh dear, now I'm hooked on Cute Overload! My head may explode!
Commented Mar 2, 2007 on Hillbilly Goats... at Blue Ridge blog
Hillbilly Goats...
Dang. Seems like this blog is on Cuteoverload steroids. But seriously, who could pass up the chance to shoot playful little goats? Found 'em in Foscoe just a hoppin' along from rock to rock. These are real deal hillbilly goats ;) Now 'scuse me while I go read this newly found Epicurious/Bo...
Heh. My mind? =P
Commented Jun 15, 2006 on List Friday - Can You Find It? at pomegranatesandpaper
List Friday - Can You Find It?
It's been a little chaotic at the Pomegranate household, what with the darlings home from college, and the celebratory events, and the celebrations, and the visitors and guests and work work work. We are all more disorganized than ever! Someone whose graduation is coming up (won't name names), c...
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