Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Indulgence
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This Saturday has been a shining beacon to me all week. Its little square on the calendar was completely empty! I dared to hope that perhaps…perhaps…I would be able to sleep in. No buzzing alarm, no ringing phone, no barking dogs, no squawking guinea, no early knocking lost wedding guest trying to find Villa Antonia…I…
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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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I have been caught up in the cyclone of TG this weekend, whirling from one activity to another, and trying to do my homework in between. Her schedule is exhausting, but I think it's pretty typical for a high school student these days. I don't remember being this busy, though. Friday night was filled…
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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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Why I need this weekend in Port Aransas… This is another reason… I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it: Friends make life a lot more fun. (Charles R. Swindoll ) Hope your weekend is…
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…some DVD and CD racks…a wood and iron etagere for the downstairs bathroom…some sturdy but affordable bookshelves so I can dig my Civil War reference books out of the boxes and use them as I write my screenplay. POOF! POOF! POOF! Wishes granted!! Well, Craig's List doesn't grant wishes quite that fast – there's the phone call…
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Yes, it’s a splurge, an indulgence, but when I discovered amazon.com was still selling my essay "A View from a Catwalk" (well, the book it’s in, anyway…State Lines (A Wardlaw Book), compiled by Ken Hammond and published by Texas A&M University Press in 1993), I decided to buy myself a hardback copy. …
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A promise is a promise. And, if all else fails, I am not above bribery to motivate my kids. So I spent a few hours in the kitchen last night making Cyclops cookies – those melt-in-your-mouth peanut butter cookies with a chocolate kiss pressed in the center (hence the name "Cyclops, of course.)…
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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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