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Growing Older
My sister, Debbie, and me. I was four years old when this was taken. Deb was one year old. It’s my birthday today. I have surpassed the age at which my mother died by eleven years and my father by twenty-two. Given how young they both died, I never thought I would reach the age…
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Weather
Courtesy of Thesaurus.com I stand in awe of the weather. It has the power to delight. And the power to terrify. In the middle of it all is amazement. Always amazement. Courtesy of L3Harris And that’s my thought for the day. Courtesy of Brainy Quote
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By The Rules
Courtesy of PBS “Rules are made to be broken.” Who said that? I asked Google that question and got this brief bit: “The original quote was made by a man who should know: American General, Douglas MacArthur (who famously broke a lot of rules). His actual quote is: ‘Rules are mostly made to be broken…
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Ahead of the Game
These are the scarves I made for Bernd’s co-workers for Christmas. Unfortunately the sparkles don’t show up in this shot. My mom used to have all her Christmas shopping done really early. It seems to me that she had it all figured out by the end of August. And if that was not truly the…
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We’re Tenting Tonight
Courtesy of Iron Brigadier Those are the first three words of a song that my mom taught me when I was very young. It was taught to her when she was very young. I’m not sure how Granddad learned it. The verse I remember most well is the first one and it goes like this:…
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Dianne’s Ladder
I think I may have invented a new crochet pattern. I’m not 100% certain this is so because I haven’t seen every pattern ever created. And designers are coming up with new patterns all the time. I watch the tutorials on YouTube and I look at instructions for patterns online. But so far, I haven’t…
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Dreams
Courtesy of Sleep Cycle They say everyone dreams. My dad swore that he never dreamed. I told him he just didn’t remember his dreams. He said that no, that wasn’t it. He didn’t dream. I sometimes thought that he felt that dreaming was a weakness of some sort. Dad was definitely a man of the…
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Senyru 10
Courtesy of Shutterstock Winter is stubborn Holding tightly to the cold Spring waits patiently I do wonder if spring will ever actually get a grip on things. It’s snowing again today. Right now as I am writing this. It’s not heavy, but it’s sticking. I guess the last couple days were cold enough to cool…
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Brassieres
Courtesy of eonline I have never liked wearing bras. Even as a young woman, I found them uncomfortable and difficult. All that was available when I was young was traditional bras with back closures. They were almost all padded to some extent … and pointy. Not at all natural looking. Courtesy of Click Americana As…
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Senyru 9
Courtesy of BeChewy Precariously Perched on covers on my chest Purring silently Miss Fuzzy Pants (formerly Mister Fuzzy Pants*) doesn’t often sleep with us on the bed. Maddie can usually be found between us and under the covers. But not Miss Fuzzy Pants. By preference, she will sleep in the pet bed on the floor…
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