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Category: Enjoying Austin
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Who's going to cook me dinner? Tom just looked at me and smiled. Are you going to cook up some casseroles, label them with the days of the week and freeze them for me? He laughed.I think he thought I was joking. Well, sure…I was…a little bit… He's off, away on his own for a…
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Last Thursday I sat in a small club with friends listening to a harmony of poetry, guitars, a bass and a mandolin… The music and words danced together…took me by the hand and pulled me along on a journey… They reached into my heart, triggering long-lost memories and emotions. But then, out of no where,…
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Take a beautiful sunset… …a full moon… …the Shake Russell Trio singing "Deep in the West" and other favorites (click the song link to hear it)… …a reunion with sweet friends… Dee (above) and Merrit (below) …dancing (I danced, too…but I don't let him dance with anyone else very often!)… …ping-pong (and another reunion with…
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I played my drums this morning – just one quick song streaming through my hand-me-down iPod knock-off… "My Alien" by Simple Plan. It's the first time this week I've picked up the drumsticks. I think I might have once last week. I can't remember. The weeks, the mornings, just blur together. By necessity I'm focusing…
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I love a good tradition, especially one that involves getting together with friends. One of my favorite new ones is the bi-annual Tully/Brad weekend… two sports-addicted longtime friends from high school who take time in the fall (football) and the spring (March Madness) to catch up on each other's lives while devoting several days to…
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I caught a glimpse of the blushing horizon through my window this morning… a soft orange-pink glow just above the tree line, so similar to the sunrises that greeted me the past three mornings, except they reflected on the shimmery surface of of the Gulf of Mexico and led into days of sun and fun…
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I think I'll start with today, a Monday which has redeemed all prior Mondays in my eyes (even though it's not technically part of the weekend) and move backwards for a change. No, I didn't win the lottery or anything. We're still as broke as ever.. monetarily, anyway. And no, I didn't get another Monday…
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"You and Tom want to go out on the boat tomorrow after Mass?" "Sure!" To-do list? What to-do list? Faces of Procrastination… Well, there's always Monday… or Tuesday… or Wednesday…
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Tom and I hit the highway last night to experience a Central Texas gem we had no idea even existed until now – the Walburg Restaurant and Biergarten. I was kicking myself (in between dances) that we'd never been before. Tom danced with me, but while those fast polkas start my toes tapping, he became…
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I gained three pounds Saturday night but it was worth it. My friend Tamara and her husband Rod were in town and invited us to meet them for dinner. Tom, as I mentioned yesterday, was out of commission because of his back, but he urged me to go anyway, without him. I think it was…
Long Hollow 