Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Family
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Tom and company…Max (in the shade), Charly, Frankie, Tom…Charly, Frankie, Max
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Tommy was barely two weeks old when the most awful wave of out-of-control mother's anxiety/premonition overwhelmed me, and I burst into tears. I know it was just the combination of overactive hormones on an overactive imagination, (think gasoline on a fire), but my thoughts flew far into the future, to a world at war and my baby son all grown up and…
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Leslie: "Why aren't you on Facebook?" me: "Huh? Are YOU on Facebook?" Leslie: "Yeah. EVERYONE is! Darla, Ann, both Ginas…" It turns out my friends have been partying without me… Now, it just so happens I had been thinking about getting on Facebook for a couple of weeks. My friend Kim had sent in invitation asking me…
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How quickly resolutions can dissolve once the real world – like work – makes its appearance. I won't go through a boring list of what I did or didn't get done today. Let's just say it's a good thing I resolved to be flexible and not stress about it…too much, anyway. Work is both a…
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My friend Nancy once told me to be careful what I did on New Year's Day, because that's what I'd be doing all year long. Her example was cleaning house, so for the past few years I've made sure I didn't spend the first day of the new year cleaning and cleaning. Looking around…
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The countdown has begun. In a few short hours, it will be a brand new year – the last one in the first decade of the 21st century…this will be the year of my 50th birthday, my baby's high school graduation, and who knows what else. The past few years, Tom and I have a hosted a New…
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He had white hair (evident on his head and even his pubic area) and small tattoos on his hands in that spot between his thumb and his pointer fingers. The fine print on the sign outside the entrance says he and the other bodies on display gave permission for their bodies to be used in this way,…
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Daniel, Kendall, and I have to decide what to do, which means we have to agree. We're at my parents' house in Pasadena right now – we came in yesterday for our Pasadena Christmas, a quick trip because Daniel and I have to work tomorrow, and Mama had to get another injection this morning to help…
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Tommy's back in Dallas. He drove Tom's little Capris. While he was here, we ate and ate and ate some more – Tom smoked a turkey, and I made a double batch of cyclops cookies. They're already gone! Santa paid a special return visit and filled our stockings. One of my gifts was the movie "In…
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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…
Long Hollow 