Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: My Evolution
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The day started with promise, then suddenly it was 5:45 in the evening…the day was almost gone and I hadn't accomplished half of what I had hoped. And I'd barely even been out of the house! Kendall and Tom were both gone, but I needed a break from work…from the computer. I needed some exercise…to…
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This is the year that the majority of my high school classmates and I cross over into our second half century of life. Some have slipped there quietly, others have faced it head-on with weekends in places like Vegas or the Caribbean or on a cruise ship. One guy, Roy, is in Colorado as we speak, and…well…he says…
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I do believe in karma, or whatever you want to call it when things come back to bite you in the butt. For instance, I just planned to take a few minutes after Kendall and I came home from shopping and I finished my fruit salad, and before I "moved the laundry around" some more…
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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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I've procrastinated registering for the spring semester, and this is why: the advanced screenwriting class (which I should take so these first few pages don't just turn into dust, untouched and neglected) is an actual physical class, on a campus with traffic issues, parking issues, desks, as well as a teacher and classmates with faces. Well, that in…
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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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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…
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Most people, when they hear I'm still working on my bachelor's degree, are encouraging and supportive. They get it, even when they find out it's not in nursing, which seems to be the #1 middle-age-back-to-college choice because of the need for nurses, and therefore, great salaries and great return for the investment. But…every once in a while…I…
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It's just a small white frame house tucked on a quiet residential street near downtown Austin. A small white house with a red door, surrounded by oak trees, just two driveways down from a busy street, but that's far enough to feel a million miles away from the world where everyone is rushing to get…
Long Hollow 