Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Every Picture Tells a Story
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First clue: TG heard a scratching sound in the attic above her bathroom. Tom grabbed a ladder and climbed on the roof. Sure enough, a squirrel came shooting out of a teensy one inch gap in a seam up there, surprising the you-know-what out of him. Armed with screening and I don't know what else,…
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Christmas Day around here was lazy – centered around family and food. LOTS of food! We always have a traditional, heart-attack-waiting-to-happen breakfast on Christmas morning – bacon, fried eggs, and buttered toast. I ate so much that I still wasn't very hungry when Christmas dinner rolled around: non-traditional smoked brisket, chicken, and sausage. Of course, that…
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Okay, I can't help it. I still think Tommy and Kirby as Mr. and Mrs. Smith (aka Branjelina) a couple of years ago is one of my all-time favorite couple-costumes. I just had to share the photos…. Happy Halloween again!!
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I remember sitting in the class circle in 4th grade Spanish, trying to imitate the suave, casual way you crossed your legs and chewed thoughtfully on your thumbnail. You were so smart, athletic, and popular, and seemed to be oblivious to all the guys who had crushes on you. We became friends, connected at first by our…
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One of the first and best gifts my parents ever gave me was my big sister, or "See-uh-stuh" as I called her for the first few years – I don't remember when I switched to Brenda. Sometimes I feel like I've let my daughter down by not providing…
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"You're the one I think of when Brad Paisley sings 'She's Everything,'" the new groom sang to his bride, strumming his guitar, watching tears fill her eyes, oblivous to the rest of us crowding around to listen. "We've come a…
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I entered the room full of smiling, but unfamiliar, faces, trying to set a brave, confident example for my three kids. But inside I felt shy, like I was a kid on the first day of school, afraid no one would like me. I smiled and said, hi, hi, hi, and they…
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God smiled on my baby girl this morning in honor of her seventeenth birthday – He provided overcast skies and a few sprinkles of rain. Most people would want sunshine on their birthdays, but TG is working as a counselor at a day camp this summer; she yearned for a break from the sunshine and…
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I spent my morning sitting on the side of a road, cheering and clapping, as people of all ages paraded before me, either walking, or riding in cars, boats, and golf-carts tricked out in red, white, and blue. They tossed candy and flags, and some squirted bystanders with water guns. Half the town's population marched passed: the high school…
Long Hollow 