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Category: Food and Drink
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Monday after work I made a beeline to the church to light a candle. I normally light one after Mass every Sunday, but this past Sunday I was at Mama and Daddy's Baptist church. No candles. I like the Catholic tradition of lighting prayer candles – the idea of a continuous flame pointing up to God, carrying my…
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It's only Wednesday, but these last few days have been so long and hectic that Sunday seems like years ago. That's when I took my own advice about slowing down… I spent a few hours with Daniel doing nothing but laugh at his new Flight of the Conchords Season 1 DVD (his birthday present)…
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Tommy went to the University of North Texas in Denton. It was only four hours away but that was too far…I never got to see him, never really spent much time up there…although there was one year I drove him back on his birthday, treated him to dinner, and got a quick tour of the…
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I hit the wall around 3:30 am Saturday night/Sunday morning. I was feeling wide-awake until then, thanks to several cups of coffee, working on my next screenwriting assignment while simultaniously guarding all exits and keeping an eye on the handful of teenagers who were fighting sleep. The other chaperone had crashed on her pallet…
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7:30 am – My eyes pop open. I throw on some clothes, grab my camera and a handful of peanuts, and I'm out the door. 7:45 am - I'm walking on the morning beach – so different from the midday beach. Different people…joggers, other walkers, wearing tennis shoes and funny hats. Different birds…. some seagulls and egrets,…
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We went to Mexico tonight. Well, not really Mexico, but it would have been easy to pretend we were across the border because we had waiters who spoke no English, delicious salsa, chips, other Mexican-type food and wonderful Margaritas. We were actually in a little restaurant in Leander, Texas - El Jardin del Rey - a small house painted…
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Someone asked me the other day how I had lost weight, and one of my dearest friends answered, "She quit eating." She winked at me – I knew she was just messing with me, because we were at a graduation celebration and I was eating from a plateful of 'celebration' food…
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