When a Memory Isn't a Memory
Friday - 04/30/2021 — My niece Erica took this picture back in 1999 as my sister Diana and I pored over a map in the Colorado Springs phone
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- Apr 29, 2021
Lake Mooselookmeguntik
Thursday - 04/29/2021 — My son Eli is in Maine at Lake Mooselookmeguntik. I kid you not. Although I’ve visited Maine many times, I’ve never
- Apr 28, 2021
Firewalker
Firewalker
Wednesday - 04/28/2021 — Did I ever tell you about the time I walked on burning coals? It was a number of years ago when I took
- Apr 27, 2021
Grandma's Irises Yet Again
Tuesday - 04/27/2021 — I know, I know. I keep showing you pictures of my grandmother’s irises, but I can’t get over the springtime thrill of
- Apr 26, 2021
My Too-Late Note
Monday - 04/26/2021 — A couple of weeks ago, I tried to make contact with someone only to find that the phone number I had didn’t work and
- Apr 24, 2021
Collective Nouns
Saturday - 04/24/2021 — My niece shared this with me. I’m particularly fond of the “gruop of proofreaders,” which is why I wanted to share
- Apr 23, 2021
Neuschwanstein Castle
Friday - 04/23/2021 — When I was ten or eleven, my family visited Neuschwanstein Castle, which stands on the tippy-top of a very steep hill.
- Apr 22, 2021
Life (sort of) After Death
Thursday - 04/22/2021 — There are lots of portraits of dead people out there, but years ago when I visited the North Carolina Museum of Art,
- Apr 21, 2021
Scratchy!
Scratchy
Wednesday - 04/21/2021 — Ever wonder why a cat can so quickly rouse its human first thing in the morning? Take a look at this scr
- Apr 20, 2021
Woodpecker Result
Tuesday - 04/20/2021 — Two of my neighbors have an ongoing feud with woodpeckers. They’ve gone to all sorts of lengths (the neighbors, that
- Apr 19, 2021
When a Writer Tries Sculpture
Monday - 04/19/2021 — A number of years ago, one of the artists in the Atlanta NLAPW gave a demonstration about sculpting with clay at one
- Apr 17, 2021
What Does He Say?
Saturday - 04/17/2021 — Okay. It’s time for our usual Saturday laugh.
Q: What does a cowboy say when he walks into a European car dealershi
- Apr 16, 2021
A Friday Memory You Won’t Believe
Friday - 04/16/2021 — This is one of those long memory stories of mine that you probably won’t believe, especially if you do some Googling
- Apr 15, 2021
Fuzzy's Vitiligo
Thursday - 04/15/2021 — I had to laugh when I looked at this photo of Fuzzy Britches and realized that she has the same white splotch around
- Apr 14, 2021
Comfort Food
Wednesday - 04/14/2021 — I talked a while back about how comforting it is now to have gained the weight that I’d lost when, back in 2012 and
- Apr 13, 2021
Make Stuff
Tuesday - 04/13/2021 — I got to thinking about this the other day. What on earth over the past isolated year have I truly made?
Coffee? No,
- Apr 12, 2021
Meet Paco
Monday - 04/12/2021 — My grandson Aiden introduced me to Paco when I visited (for the first time in a year!) She’s a Veiled Chameleon with
- Apr 10, 2021
Everything Except...
Saturday - 04/10/2021 — Are you an insomniac?
No? Neither am I.
Sometimes? Me, too.
But
- Apr 9, 2021
Holiday Despair
Friday - 04/09/2021 — A couple of weeks ago I told you about that horrible time of my life when I considered suicide. Then, just a few days
- Apr 8, 2021
Brave, Bold, Kind, Proud
Thursday - 04/08/2021 — I thought you might like to know what I think of you. Why do I think this of you? Because I truly believe that we...
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