Tag Archives: Mary

Bees

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Charles

Spring                                                                             Planting … Continue reading →

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Video Phone a Reality At Last!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Charles

Spring                                                            Bee Hiving Moon Technological victory today.  Mary (Singapore at 10:00pm), … Continue reading →

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A Third of the World Between Sibs

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Charles

Winter(?)                                  First Moon of the New Year Both sibs have sent photographs recently.  Mary has taken several pictures of elephants in a series placed … Continue reading →

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Annual Report to Humanity: 2011

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Charles

Winter                                       New Moon of the New Year Consider this our annual report to the board of directors of humanity. We spent … Continue reading →

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Overseas Ellises

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Charles

Samain                               Moon of the Winter Solstice Brother Mark has settled in to Ha’il.  So much so that he visited, by their invitation, a group of … Continue reading →

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Family. Dispersed.

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Charles

Fall                                                    Waxing Autumn Moon A gorgeous fall day.  And I’ve spent it inside, decompressing.  6 months with a guest in the house, no matter which guest, is a long term disruption for these two introverts.  We’re both glad Mark came … Continue reading →

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Visa, Visa. Where Art Thou?

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Charles

Lughnasa                                          Waxing Harvest Moon Oh.  Visas.  I think I shall never see a visa lovely as a tree.  Or something like that.  Anyhow, the Saudi visa saga took an unexpected and unpleasant turn this morning.  Turns out there are two … Continue reading →

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Fall-ing

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Charles

Lughnasa                                                  Waxing Harvest Moon As August slides away and the sky shifts its colors toward deeper hues, an inner barometer detects higher emotional pressures.  The atmosphere weighs more, cuing those momentary pauses, breaks in attention.  It may signal a storm … Continue reading →

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How Buck Rogers of Him

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Charles

Lughnasa                                                                               … Continue reading →

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A Calmer Week Ahead

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Charles

Mid-Summer                                                                        New Honey Extraction Moon Kate and I bought a new vehicle yesterday, a Toyota Rav-4.  Well, we picked out the things we wanted, left a deposit and now wait for the finding.  This may not be big news in … Continue reading →

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