Archive for December, 2007

happy holidays

Published by stacy on December 26th, 2007 tagged Uncategorized | Comment now »

over 1NT?

What’s your bid over 1NT (strong)? Imps, favorable …
:S: K9xxx
:H: 2
: AJT984
:C: A
We play X shows a 4 card major with a longer minor, 2 :C: shows one major, 2 : is both majors, 2 :H: and :S: are that plus a minor. 2NT for the minors.

Published by stacy on December 21st, 2007 tagged Bridge | 2 Comments »

the new sixty

At 81, Queen Elizabeth’s the oldest reigning monarch in history.  How cool is that?

Published by stacy on December 21st, 2007 tagged Uncategorized | Comment now »

five nouns

Sometimes, when I’ve been away from my fiction journal for any length of time (and I have been mostly away since … Shanghai), it can be hard to get back into it. I love to do timed exercises to get things going; my favorite by far is to get someone to give me five [...]

Published by stacy on December 21st, 2007 tagged Writing | 1 Comment »

six years old

The smallest cherub brought home a holiday wish list, printed below with her permission. The spelling’s hers.

“My wish list …

To see my grand parents.
To stop werled war.
To stop my mom and Dad from travling.
To hav my stister to stop fiting.
To hav werled peas.
To see my mom and Dad happy.”

Published by stacy on December 20th, 2007 tagged Uncategorized | 2 Comments »