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To: Grainne who wrote (14489)12/30/1997 1:57:00 PM
From: Grainne  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
I haven't really been around here because I have had house guests for a week, and other relatives staying in hotels, all of whom distracted me from the computer, which in any event was being totally monopolized by children playing new computer games, while I did mountains of laundry and cooked fantastic, festive meals, and cut beautiful winter flowers from my garden, and fed all the wild birds and animals in the neighborhood in my spare time.

Now I have diddled away the entire morning, when I should have been making homemade noodles. Since this is a laborious process, and a line is again forming for computer time, I'm going to go without having answered most of the posts I was trying to catch up on. Sorry!!! I'll be back on the next occasion I can steal some time. Hi Del and MSB particularly--I am not ignoring you!!!!!!

I think it is interesting how much people need holidays that they feel are relevant to them, incidentally, and was fascinated with how Kwanzaa, a totally made up holiday, has developed. I thought some of you might be, as well, so here is the url:

sfgate.com



To: Grainne who wrote (14489)12/30/1997 2:24:00 PM
From: Skipper  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
Christine,

I hadn't thought that those might be taken as fighting words. My question relates to the use of the diminutive, which may be taken either as an expression of affection, or a form of COMPETITION.

The holidays have been a little hectic for me this year. No time to really enjoy them. Thanks for asking though.

Skipper