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Random Thoughts, Part 3
Taking Things to Extremes I remember when the first “Rocky” movie came out and then the second one and then the third one … and then I stopped paying attention. Well, one was really enough, wasn’t it? So, here I am with my 3rd installment of Random Thoughts. Some sequels improve on the original. Sadly…
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Just Around the Corner
Every year about this time, I am so darn tired of summer that I can barely wait for it to be autumn. This year, I don’t feel that way quite as much as I usually do. It’s been cooler than usual and rainier than usual. Very few sleepless nights due to the heat. I was…
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Faking Friendliness
My husband used to call me from work during his lunch breaks. He didn’t always have much to say and neither did I, but we enjoyed hearing each other’s voices. One day, however, he told me something that really got me worked up. And it takes quite a bit to get me truly riled. He’d…
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Hail Yes!
That’s not a typo. I’ve nothing against the occasional swear word or two, but in this case, I did not mean to use one. Here in Riverton, Wyoming, last winter was hard. I guess it was hard everywhere. But we really had a hard time with it. Chief among our personal troubles was ice dams.…
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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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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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