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Category: Remember when…
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What a strange, wonderful world it is… Almost forty years after I sat in a darkened room for two hours, listening to music, hoping for yet fearing my very first kiss from the boy sitting next to me – a kiss that never materialized because we were both too shy to talk, much less kiss – I impulsively…
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Charly's face, hopeful and questioning, peered at me through the French doors, his white fur glowing in the soft light of dawn. He hadn't done that in ages – obviously, he took our morning walks for granted as much as I did. But this was going on three days! Please, Mom? "Don't worry – we're going this morning.…
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When I said those words twenty-seven years ago today, I didn't know what the hell I was talking about. How can you, when you're just twenty-three years old? It's such a leap of faith, marriage is…it's saying "come hell or high water, come arguments about bratty kids and light fixtures or stress about sick kids…
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Considering that nine months ago it was November – a month that can get pretty cold even here in Texas – it's no surprise that my August calendar is dotted with names (wink, wink!) It's been tough to keep up with them! Now, I don't really follow horoscopes or any of that, but according to…
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Tom stood in the doorway, bent over, hands on his knees. "Did you almost faint or something?" He shook his head, smiling. Or was it a grimace? "My back. Here…help me." He put a hand on my shoulder and pushed until (groaning the whole way) he was standing up straight. He hobbled back over to the…
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"You dyed your hair blonde! Are you trying to look like Tamara?" It had been twenty years since we graduated from high school, but to this guy, Tamara was still the standard of perfection. And, no, I did NOT dye my hair blonde so that I would look like Tamara. Geez. I don't hold a grudge…
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"Barbara Inez…just what have you been up to? I mean I've already been gone a week and I'm sure a lot has happened…" "…Barb, I hope you get your tail in gear and get up here to see me. It's just beautiful…" "I've always loved that song "You've got a friend" by Carol King and…
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A new week starts tomorrow – a week that is going to keep me running from 5 am Monday morning until 4:30 Friday afternoon. Not only do I have the normal weekly challenges, but we're going to go computer shopping (Kendall) and car shopping (me!) And on top of that, I've got the weekend's overflow…
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For several nights I've been scanning and scanning pictures…dozens of pictures depicting a rite of friendship that is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year – my annual Lago Women's Trip to Port Aransas. My friend Nancy asked for the photos months ago – she wants to compile a scrapbook. I jotted it on my list…"photos to…
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Vacation is over for sure. Reality smacked me in the face this past week as I tried to pay bills and found myself scraping the bottom of the piggy bank after a week or two of NO income. (A week for Tom, thanks to Freescale's mandatory "one week a quarter off without pay" ordinance, and…
Long Hollow 