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Archive for April 9th, 2007

feels like… a year.

Posted by Roberta Lipp on April 9, 2007

Today is the one year anniversary of this blog.

Time fascinates me… what it means, what things come to mean after time colors everything.

Today Benjamin turns one year old.

This weekend my mom took my nephew Arthur college-shopping.

It’s ridiculous. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Ode Less Taken

Posted by Roberta Lipp on April 9, 2007

Happy birthday, Albert. I meant to post this for you by midnight last night.

I had intended, as you know, to write you an ode.

I think I need to cut the ode thing short. I did the one for Joe, and that was delightful, and then I started doing odes, and suddenly it became pressure.

And as you know, I have been taking notes for quite awhile for the sole the purpose of creating your ode. Gathering memories. Mostly of in-jokes. You and I have laughed together more than some people ever get to laugh. Some bad moments that became hilarious after the fact. A few just plain awful moments. Read the rest of this entry »

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