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I'm not really up for Christmas this year. This will be the first Christmas without my Dad. He was a big kid at heart, and he was t...

Isn't it wonderful to make a new friend? The giddy early days of a new friendship are so much like a new love. The curiosity, the thril...

Twilight is so beautiful. The light and fading golden color make it my favorite time of day. Last night I was trying to capture the way the...

The little one has finally arrived! Today is her one-week birthday. Forgive the brevity of this post; I am snatching a moment between feedi...

I must admit to liking Valentine's Day. It's not the romance or the compulsory gift-buying - those are lame. I just like the love p...

2009 is going to bring some incredible changes to our world - to our big shared world, and to my little personal one as well. We have a baby...

It is a beautiful coincidence that the inauguration of our nation's first black President happens to coincide with the celebration of Ma...

Yesterday I had the pleasure of hearing Rev. Nelson Johnson of the Beloved Community Center in Greensboro preach on love, power and identit...

We lost a dear friend yesterday. About a week ago we found out that our sweet kitty Jackie had a big, mean tumor in her belly. Since then ...

We got hitched. Thanks for all the happy wishes! morning clouds at Tokopeh Falls, Sequoia National Park And congratulations to Sarah and to...

It's good to be home. HWWLLB and I had a wonderful trip to the West Coast, where we did artsy-fun things in San Francisco and outdoorsy...

Sorry it's been so quiet around these parts lately. I have an explanation, but it's long-winded and boring... but I have missed yo...

On Friday I was feeling mopey and wrote a long, whiney missive that I'm glad I didn't post. I think the shorter fall days are getti...

Don't you just love getting packages in the mail? I wonder, if one were to conduct a little study, what people would say is their reaso...

After several hours on the train, wondering just exactly how many pine trees there are in Virginia, here I am back in Raleigh. It was sad t...

this is bugheart making a special appearance here on ms. pea's blog... i am holding ms. pea captive in my apartment the nation's cap...

I like making up stupid words, but it drives HWWLLB nuts sometimes. Especially when I say that (for example, with reference to cats) someth...

The man I live with, the Mr. HWWLLB, he is an amazing guy. Some of you know him. Sometimes I think he's a genius. His vocabulary coul...

Welcome to my living room. HWWLLB is blithely tapping away on his laptop, reading about such ingenious concepts as "In-Vitro Meat...