Author Archives: Laura

Poetry Thursday

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Laura

At Least Raymond Carver I want to get up early one more morning before sunrise.  Before the birds, even. I want to throw cold water on my face and be at my work table when the sky lightens and smoke … Continue reading →

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An outline is all you’re going to get tonight

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Laura

I.  Feeling much better. a.  antibiotics are wonderful. b.  only have a stuffy nose left II. Monday night – cut my thumb really badly. a.  it is possible to cut through both your nail and nail bed without really feeling … Continue reading →

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The wonders of modern medicine

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Laura

Thanks to the wonders of modern medicine, I am much better!!  I’m really feeling almost back to normal, except for a stuffy nose.  I’m still a little weak but I think that’s from lying on the couch for four days, … Continue reading →

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I need your vote, people!

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Laura

Nik and I have this on-going debate – as a matter of fact, it seems to be me against the entire East Coast.  So I’m attempting a little bit of a poll to see if I am actually crazy or … Continue reading →

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I am a little better!

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Laura

Please note that yesterday, I said, “It’s 10:20 so I’d better get in the shower so I can get to the doctor.”  Ha ha.  I didn’t actually get in to see the doctor until 5:00.  But anyway, when I got … Continue reading →

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Poetry Thursday (Sorry Zona – I remembered today!)

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Laura

 Original haiku in honor of Valentine’s Day by meI love my husbandI love the Judge familyI love all of you (Now is that cheesy or what?!  But it is true!) Here’s another one: “Love is for the birds.”“Then I want … Continue reading →

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Allow me to complain for just a minute

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Laura

We have a laptop – actually, it’s my father-in-law’s but he’s letting us store it at our house.  It occasionally decides to hit random buttons and erase blog entries or e-mails.  That happened last night when I was attempting to … Continue reading →

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The Last Couple Weeks in Review

Posted on February 9, 2008 by Laura

(Or, I Was Too Lazy To Download The Pictures From The Camera) The first yeast bread I made in our house:  Mom’s Fast and Easy rolls recipe, to go with… Potato and Kale Soup, which actually wasn’t that good – … Continue reading →

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New Birth Order?

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Laura

I used random.org’s list randomizer to generate a random list of all five Judge siblings names.  Here’s what it gave me.  Note that Jon is still the middle child and Rachel is still the youngest.  Perhaps I was destined to … Continue reading →

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Poetry “Thursday” (cough, cough)

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Laura

Alley Violinist Robert Lax if you were an alley violinist and they threw you money from three windows and the first note contained a nickel and said: when you play, we dance and sing, signed a very poor family and … Continue reading →

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