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Category: Music
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He's stretched out on the couch in front of the television. Austin City Limits is on and I can hear Kenny Chesney singing from where I sit at the desk, paying bills. "Oh, this is a good one," I say. "Let's dance!" I expect the "No" but I ask anyway. I love to dance, but when I…
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While blog-hopping this morning, I fell into a time warp. Jan of Jan's Daily Dish posted a link to a song she says her dad used to sing to her (with a warning that anyone under 55 might not want to click on it!)…"If I knew you were coming I'd've baked a cake…" I'm still just…
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It’s a melancholy day. Maybe it’s the gray skies, the chilly rain…maybe it’s because the kids head back to their college digs this weekend…maybe it’s the heartbreaking devastation the people of Haiti are suffering right now. Maybe it’s none of the above…or all of the above. Whatever the reason, the haunting melody and wistful lyrics of “Just Breathe”…
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Elvis was my first crush. There. I said it. I hesitate to broadcast it because I’m not an Elvis groupie. I’ve never been to Graceland and I don’t have his birthday marked on my calendar…in fact, I didn’t even realize he would have celebrated his 75th birthday this past week until CBS Sunday Morning featured some…
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A blanket of thick fog settled on our bit of the world yesterday evening – it made driving the hilly, serpentine roads out here pretty tricky! When we woke up this morning, we still looked out at a white world, but by mid-morning, when I fed Max and Frankie, it had lifted, leaving the trees…
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I think Kendall's graduation cap and braided ropes hadn't been touched since she placed them on that chest right after the ceremony last June. I untangled the cords, hung them on a hook, and propped her cap up on her dresser. Stoney LaRue's voice floated in from the livingroom speakers…"May God bless you and keep you always, may your wishes…
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I just stumbled through the door, home after an afternoon of shopping with Kendall…after breakfast and lunch with precious friends…after a night of just 5 hours of sleep because I wanted to enjoy every minute I had with these 'girls' of my youth who gathered at my house for the weekend to celebrate Ann's birthday.…
Long Hollow 