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December 27, 2011 by Anya Elise
a holiday at home || Christmas roundup
Christmas time was here. And then it wasn’t…really quickly. It’s like a drive-by holiday: arrives before you expect it, happens within a blink, and then has disappeared and two days more have past in a matter of seconds. The Semenoff clan spent the holiday at home, mostly in our pajamas, watching really Christmasy movies like […]
December 25, 2011 by Anya Elise
Merry Christmas, one and all
I hope you all have a merry, joyful, warm and safe Christmas. I hope you are with your family, friends and loved ones. I hope you have many delicious foods to eat. Love, -a.e. And that this last week of 2011 is full of reflection, excitement and anticipation for 2012.
December 22, 2011 by Anya Elise
the weather outside is frightful || Christmas time is here
It’s not that I mind snow. I don’t, really, at all. What I mind is the peace of mind that is lost when you can’t be sure your flight won’t be canceled. Or that you’ll be able to get your car out from beneath that rather large snow drift. Or that you won’t be totally […]
December 21, 2011 by Anya Elise
tuppence and cupcakes || Fancy phone photo roll
She scattered the bird seed all around the foot of the fountain. Just throwing it around, fall where it may, waiting to be picked up by one of her cohorts from the sky. I halfway expected her to extend a bag and say, “Feed the birds. Tuppence a bag.” But this isn’t London. Nor the […]
December 20, 2011 by Anya Elise