Author: Ginny
My wish for you for 2006:
May your estrangements be few and short, May your friendships be deep and longlasting, And the estrangements that you have … may they bring you more peace than pain. Happy New Year! from Ginny
Estrangements on Typepad: A Little Background
This is the first day that posts for my Estrangements blog will be put only on the Typepad blog. Setting up the blog here was my first goal for 2006. The posts prior to January 1, 2006 and that are listed in the Typepad archives for recent months in 2005 were originally written on the…
A Rita Rudner joke
Listening …
The Dialogue There were fifty Comments to this post when it was originally posted on LiveJournal. The first anonymous poster is not my daughter. My daughter responds later in the Comments section as another anonymous poster and then continues. To read the Comments to this post on LiveJournal, click here.
Two stories in the news: one tragic, one delightful
Five Found Dead in Related Shootings, October 26, 2005 I’m wondering what the rest of the story will be. This may be one of those cases where a quiet estrangement would have been preferable. Note added later: Here’s another link with more info: Va. Man Who Killed 4 Had Mental Problems from ABC News But…
Dec. 26, 2005 search through blogs using keyword estrangements
Christmas Lennon Lives On! Power of the Purse "I just want a family full of quiet estrangements, just like everyone else has. Mine is a total madhouse." – Hissycat Pensive
Oh, Teddy, poor Teddy, would you have forgiven her too?
“Mistakes that Good Parents Make” or “Burning the Teddy Bear”
When my ex was nine years old, his mother decided that he was too old to keep a teddy bear. She made him take the stuffed bear out, put it in the trash barrel, and burn it. In my mind I could see him standing there in the smoke of the fire, a boy watching…
Christmas Present … as in Current, Today, Now, 2005
Today started with a poppyseed bagel and goat cheese with peppercorns. The goat cheese is made locally by a man who has goats. Of course! We bought the cheese in a small cheese shop that I love. The proprietor is a cheese aficianado. He sells cheese the way wine sellers sell fine wines. He is…