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Lazy Holiday Anniversaries
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Valentine's Day, 2002: The date that Dick and I decided we were "serious."
First Born Daughter
I’m pretty sure my younger brothers would agree that, even at our ages and retired persons status, I can still be pretty bossy.
I Must Go Down To The Lake Again
It's a challenging, exhilarating drive that cries out to be done fast in a small nimble open-top rear-wheel-drive sports car, [...]
The Meaning of Life
How did I happen to read that book?  I don’t remember anyone giving it to me or seeing it in the house, so most likely it was [...]
Manifestation of Thought
  29 November 2015 – What I have learned so far;      This adventure started with my purchase of a Success [...]
Frances Henne
Frances Henne I’ve been inspired by many fine teachers over the years but the one who influenced me most was Frances Henne, [...]
Springtime Blossoming
Blossoming                    What are you doing, now? He asked me peering up with my line of sight. I am giving the wisteria [...]
Time Stopped
Sometimes, as in the case of my high school math class, time stopped.
Gardeners’ Divorce
Regular pruning is advised
Alone on Mother’s Day
Mothers are dead. Children are far away, one overseas who celebrates mothers in March, so may not know when Mother’s [...]