Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Me and Him
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Oops! Oops! OOPS! Halfway to my car, ready to head out for a full day of errands, it hit me: I didn't have my keys and the house was locked up tight. OOPS! What the hell happened to my OCD, that bully who forces me to check that my keys are in my purse over…
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I'm going to spend this day celebrating Tom – we'll have the boys and Kirby here (TG is still mired in finals and studying, poor baby), eat pizza and cheesecake, go for walks with the puppies and (fingers crossed) play some ping-pong. But this is Tom's day. I think he also mentioned finishing up work…
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Yes, we've been married for 49 "Friday the 13th"s now, starting with our wedding day. Tom is the one keeping count. This afternoon he greeted me with "Happy 49th Anniversary!" I don't know how he does it – I can barely keep track of my age these days, but it makes me feel good that…
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Finding just what you've been looking for at a price you can afford on Craig's List. Tom must have realized I was never going to give up on my dream of a library. I'm sure he was just as tired of seeing dozens of boxes of books lining the downstairs walls as I was frustrated…
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Frenzy is my word of the week, (where's my copy of Pearl Jam's song Just Breathe?) so please forgive me if this post seems a little harried and unorganized. If it jumps around a bit, it's just a reflection of my life right now, hopscotching from one project to the next in haphazard order. Tom…
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On a summer morning in 1981, I stumbled up the stairs and into my condo after a twelve-hour night shift, turned on the television, plopped on the floor, and watched the fairy-tale wedding of Diana and Charles. Despite the cynicism of my 22 years, I guess I believed in the fairy-tale, and must have…
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I can't believe it's already Friday again, and I haven't yet mentioned what a fantastic weekend I had… a week ago! It was a weekend with friends, and that's always wonderful, but what made this even better is having friends meet friends meet friends… It started simple enough. Shari and Robert made plans to come…
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Tom and I are pretty old and settled – it doesn't take much to entertain us. Since we're also pretty broke, that's a good thing. Taking a leisurely walk down our caliche road with the dogs on a sunshine-filled afternoon is a highlight of our weekends. That's how old and settled we are. We…
Long Hollow 