ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS
"My parents, my husband, my brother, my sister . . .
I delight in being here on earth
For one more moment, with them, here on earth,
To celebrate our tiny, tiny my-ness."
~ Czeslaw Milosz (1911 - 2004) ~
Polish poet, translator, Nobel Prize Winner
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The family, that dear octopus
from whose tentacles we never quite escape,
nor in our innermost hearts, ever quite wish to.
~ Dodie Smith (1896 – 1990) ~
From her play Dear Octopus
David Joel Carriker
Marion's Magnifying Locket
Marion's Blue Dishes
Pie Safe
Eye Contact
It's Magic
Thanks Dave
Magic Everyday
Such a Boer!
Eldest Sister
Peggy Linn Carriker Rosenbluth
Happy Birthday Coyote!
Artistic Flair
Not in Kansas Anymore!
Peg's Mosaic
Russian Straw Dolls
Sharing Horizons That Are New To Us
We Had Fun, Didn't We?
The Usual Selves That I Have Known
All the Little Animals
Be a Loving Friend
Guest Blog: HiyaKiyah
Twins in the Middle
Bruce Lindsey Carriker and Kitti Beth Carriker
Just a Little Social Distance
From the Grade School Archives
Thanksgiving Turkey
Earth Day Perspective
Christmas Shomily
Pre - Election & Post - Election
"Beautiful and terrible things . . . "
AI Is Easy
The Only Day
Twin Cousins
Younger Sister
Teresa Diane Carriker Burrows
Happy Five Audacious
Blessed
Rosemary
Leap Day Nephews and Nieces
Di & Aaron in pjs / flower photo by Tom
Younger Brother
Aaron Blaine Carriker
Blue Eyed Bear
O Christmas Tree Unchanging
Cubs
The Gray Lady
Silverware Drawer
Our Tiniest Sister
Rest in Peace Baby Hope
A Snowdrop and Fair
Only Known Photograph of Entire Family of 8:
Mom, Dad & Us 6 Kids ~ March 1977
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Holidays & Reunions
Post Thanksgiving
Reunion 2009
Blessings
Hygge
Christmas Eve ~ So Fair a Fancy
This Old Nativity
Boy Doll & Wish Book
Straw to Gold
Halloween Costume Ideas from Days of Yore
Group Chats
Carriker Barrel
Serendipity and/or Synchronicity
Synchronicity? Oh Baloney!
Not to be Devoured
Leap Day Wizard Dreams
Our Town Redux
Andy Griffith & Touchables & Martian Melody
Just Us Girls
Pretty Enough For All Normal Purposes
G.R.I.T.S.
Tastes Like Chicken
Tomatoes & Gravy
Coyote, Goth, Ramrod
Sparkle Plenty
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MORE FAMILY STORIES TO COME
in the meantime . . .
Lots of Family Pictures: Calendar 2024
Calendar 2025: #1 ~ #2 ~ #3
Photo Ablums: Gravestones & Grandparents
There's no vocabulary for love within a family,
love that's lived in but not looked at,
love within the light of which all else is seen,
the love within which all other love finds speech.
This love is silent." ~ T. S. Eliot
ENTIRE SERIES:
Family History #1
Family History #2
Family History #3
Family History #4
Family History #5
Family History #6
Family History #7
Family History #8
Next Fortnightly Post: Family History #9
Monday, September 14, 2026
Between now and then, read
THE QUOTIDIAN KIT
my shorter, almost daily blogs
www.dailykitticarriker.blogspot.com
Looking for a good book? Try
KITTI'S LIST
my running list of recent reading
www.kittislist.blogsppot.com
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