last year<\/a> or so (none of which I’ve moved up to Flickr yet).<\/p>\nI hope the holidays go well for everybody. I’m going to take some time to relax between Christmas and the new year. Maybe read a book or two. I’ll try to keep in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, dear readers, it’s holiday time, so your Virtual Memoirist is bugging out. I just finished a 366-page issue of my magazine, and now the official VM fiancee and I are packing out bags so we can visit her family in Louisiana for a while. After last year’s food poisoning disaster, Amy elected to avoid … <\/p>\n
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