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Authenticity
For my 56th birthday in 2008, my husband took me out to eat. I fixed my hair and put on some make up. I put on a nice dress and selected pearls for my jewelry. Bernd had already moved the car out of the garage, so I went out the front door. As I was…
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SyZyGy
Syzygy (SIZ-eh-gee): Either of two points in the orbit of the moon when the moon lies in a straight line with the sun and the earth. As in an eclipse. When I was very young, my mom enjoyed solving crossword puzzles. She knew more obscure words than I thought it was possible to know. But…
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SyZyGy Jewelry
Maddie’s Mom not only writes, she also makes jewelry. I’ve been making jewelry for nearly 30 years. I began with stringing seed beads. They were cheap and colorful and a lot of fun. I made necklaces and bracelets. But then, I wanted to add pendants. I’d been collecting shale locally (lived in Arizona at the…
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I had Diarrhea and Became a Genius
I read an article a few days ago. A lot of my posts start that way. I read something that makes me think and then I have to write about it. I take no credit for the title of this post. My husband suggested it after I told him what I had read. The article…
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Vanity?
I spent a large portion of my early adult life looking in mirrors and any reflective surface that was handy. I checked my makeup (laboriously applied), hair (fussed over) and clothes (were they still arranged neatly?) whenever the opportunity presented itself. I realized some many years later that just like I was not lazy, as…
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Wyoming State of Mind
It’s not something that can easily be put into words. It’s a feeling. I once had a counselor who would ask me where in my body I “felt” a particular feeling/emotion. It would cause me to look more deeply inside myself. I’d search out the source as if, once finding it, I’d have the key…
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Random Thoughts, Part 4
Yeah, That’s Good … But Do you ever find yourself qualifying things? It was a time honored tradition in my family. Primarily on my mind are personal accomplishments. I can remember showing my dad a report card that listed an “A” in every subject. His comment was, “This is good. Now let’s see if you…
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Weird Words, Part 15
SPANGHEW Once, a long time ago, an old man told me about something he and his friends did in their youth. Based on the time of the telling and the age of the man at time he told me the story, I’m going to guess it took place sometime in the late 1930s or early…
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Awesome Sunflower
Last night, just after Bernd got home, the doorbell rang. Our doorbell almost never rings. Bernd said, “What the heck?” It was a woman who said she goes by our house every morning on her way to work. She wanted to take some photos of the Sunflower by the garage and wanted our permission. We…
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Weird Words Part 14
Comflogisticate This is a purposely made up word. It seems that sometime in the 1800s there was this fad for making up nonsense words. Basically this word means to utterly confuse someone. It can also mean to embarrass or show-up someone. One wonders why they thought they needed a word for that. Was it because…
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