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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGHAN LEE, 2015
Having begun what is becoming the annual birthday post in 2011, it is time for the new round of my daughters’ birthday posts. I have fun with them and hope you and the honoree do, as well. Thirty years ago this evening, I met my younger daughter, Meghan Lee, for the first time. Weighing in…
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Christmas Countdown 2014 – Seven Days
I began countdowns back in 2008, with the launching of this site; I kept them up for a couple years, mostly counting down to upcoming trips, holidays spent with daughters in fun places, things like that. Then came college completion – two undergrad degrees and now grad school, one semester shy of an MA. I…
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Happy Birthday, Mom – 2014 Edition!!
Regular readers know I favor Special Days. Often they are birthdays of people important to me. And that is the subject of this day – the third version of a birthday blog about my mom, a woman about whom I have rarely posted, other than teasing about the habits I believe I inherited from her. Today, my…
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A Much-Anticipated Event 2013
Today I’m updating what is becoming an annual post. It’s time for the gathering of cherished friends, a group that I believe may be fairly unique. We have a name and each year we migrate to the North Woods of Wisconsin from as far away as Florida. We’re old friends, some among us go…
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Here We Go Again…
That may well be what some of you think about this post and frankly, my response is, it’s my blog, the subjects about which I write are important to me and I believe some of them are important in the larger scheme of life. That said, there are three reasons leading up to my choice…
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A Long Strange Trip…
Today’s post takes its title from an old Grateful Dead tune; many of you will recognize the phrase. This past week has been an emotional roller coaster. From the terror event at the Boston Marathon through its conclusion late yesterday and a horrific explosion in West, Texas, the national scene has been intense. On a…
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Happy Anniversary to ME!! 2013 Edition
Yes, indeed, I’m one fortunate woman, sharing my story and my joy with y’all. Seven years ago today, Easter Sunday that year, my visiting daughters stuffed me into my truck and headed to the small, local hospital, where doctors were stunned by what they found. A fairly large mass in my head, so big that…
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Bunnies With no Heads? 2013 Edition
Today’s post is a rerun and a favorite story of ours. It’s all true; absolutely, I really did the deed. So without further ado, here you go – enjoy and be blessed! Do not be dismayed, this post will give you hope and encouragement, I promise As is often mentioned in these pages, I’m a traditionalist; …
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY HATTIE !! 2012
Today’s post is a rerun, first posted several years ago in honor of my paternal grandmother. On top of that, it’s a day late. From what I remember of her, she would be happy to have the greetings and tardiness would be overlooked with that smile I remember so well. Her birthday was November 10,…
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MALALA UPDATE
Ten days ago I wrote about a 14 year-old Pakistani girl named Malala, who’d been shot in the head by a Taliban would-be assassin. Why? Apparently her activism on behalf of educating girls in her country is threatening to the Taliban. She survived the attack and is being treated in the UK. Not only did…