Monthly Archives: January 2013

We also had turkey for Christmas…

Posted on January 2, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Ha… see what I did there? That was a joke… sort of. My brother Henry, the one who is in the band with me, and I took a walk and we saw some of the wild turkeys that seem to … Continue reading →

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Christmas old school…

Posted on January 2, 2013 by pouringmyartout

We do Christmas right at my mom’s house. Our family came over from England and we still have a lot of family over there, so we tend to use their traditions on Christmas eve. We cook a big old roast beef, still … Continue reading →

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A Christmas story from long ago… featuring Conan the barbarian…

Posted on January 1, 2013 by pouringmyartout

We interrupt the story of our Christmas in the Bay Area to bring you a short story about my old friend Conan the barbarian. When my daughter Jessica was about 5 or 6, she had a Christmas where she got … Continue reading →

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A little light and a lot of water…

Posted on January 1, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Our Christmas holiday began nicely, with Jessica and Jason, her boyfriend, coming home a couple of days before we drove to the Bay Area. Our long drive through the valley however, involved a lot of driving in very heavy rain. But … Continue reading →

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We are back…

Posted on January 1, 2013 by pouringmyartout

We have been in the Bay Area having Christmas at my mom’s house. I have been told not to blog about it when we are out-of-town. I guess some people in my family are worried that if I tell people … Continue reading →

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