Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Call me mom
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"Nothing happens unless first we dream." ~ Carl Sanburg So true. But dreams are just seeds – they don't bloom without the right conditions and it's up to us to help them along. We have to water them. Plant them where they'll get enough sunshine. I've been prodded several times just in the past few…
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It didn't take me long to break my own Sweet! rule – I didn't post one yesterday. But I've forgiven myself and will just get back on track today with this one… Listening to soulful music sung live and loud by the Shake Russell Trio and Michael Hearne right in my own livingroom, surrounded by…
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My mother, a pony-riding, chin-up champion tomboy, grew up… …to be one of the most beautiful women in the world, inside and out. She's only 17 in the photo above. I certainly didn't look this glamorous, elegant, or self-confident at 17. I'm not sure I ever have! She's a combination of strong,…
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Frenzy is my word of the week, (where's my copy of Pearl Jam's song Just Breathe?) so please forgive me if this post seems a little harried and unorganized. If it jumps around a bit, it's just a reflection of my life right now, hopscotching from one project to the next in haphazard order. Tom…
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The window beside me frames a pre-dawn indigo sky separating from the black treeline – soon I'll be able to make out Belle's black body sitting patiently just beyond the French doors, head-tilted, waiting for our walk. I've climbed from the rapids my life has become to sit here on the bank in the quiet…
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I ordered the whole Grad Pack – personalized invitations, portraits, diploma frame, cap and gown, thank you notes with return address labels – one click and it was done. So easy and overall cheaper than just buying the invitations and cap and gown. Go figure. (Oh, I know full well there's nothing cheap about college.…
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Every intersection in the road of life is an opportunity to make a decision. ~ Duke Ellington "So you decided to leave in the morning?" Tom asked when he arrived home from work yesterday evening and I was still sitting at the computer. "I don't know! I'm still trying to decide!" He rolled his eyes. I…
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Backpacking for days in the semi-wilderness of Big Bend, just Tom and Daniel … That's how they've spent the past several spring breaks, except for one, sharing moonlight, sunlight, water and a tent … and engraving memories in their hearts they can share forever. Memories like this sunrise they witnessed from a cliff, waiting in…
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After a rowdy, adventurous beginning, Spring Break opted to slow things down with a hammock-napping final weekend. (Just a figure of speech – our hammock met its demise, with the help of Belle, last spring or so. I need to remind Tom to put that on his Craig's List, um, list.) So we didn't actually…
Long Hollow 