FREEZE!!

  I love police scanners!  As a kid, my aunt, who shared our home, ALWAYS had her police scanner on. When a call came across about a fire or some other type of emergency, she would get in her car…

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PAINT MIXING

My father was an alcoholic. Like his father before him. My mother is very prim and proper.  You might say that she was Emily Post’s poster child.  He was engaging, loud and never met a stranger.  She was polite and…

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WORRY ‘BOUT YOURSELF!

There is this fabulous video on YouTube about a little girl buckling herself into her car seat.  She struggles and struggles. When her dad, off camera, asks if he can he help her, she responds that he should “worry ‘bout…

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TRUTH TELLING

Birthdays.  They happen to all of us.  Usually every year.     Today is my day. 58 years ago, sometime in the middle of a Saturday night, after  the Lawrence Welk show, I joined my parents and a brother who…

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A CULTURE OF APPRECIATION

It has been a busy few days for me.  Birthday get together, overnight baseball game get away with the hubster, a little IKEA window shopping.  It was really great to break the routine up a bit!  I loved connecting with…

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METEORS

It is the time of year for the Perseid meteor shower.  The forecast for viewing has been good – cloudless night skies with no moon reflection to deal with that would outshine the meteors.  The reading material says closer to…

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A TIME TO END AND A TIME TO BEGIN

This is a strange week for me.  It is the week that my unemployment checks end and it is the week that school starts for many.  I have been a part of the beginning of school for the last 24…

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OMPHALOSKEPSIS

When I was in seminary, eons ago, I remember  one of the most hysterical statements I heard went something like this: “I am contemplating my finitude.”   What the what?  Who sits around contemplating their “finitude”?  Crazy people, that is…

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WHAT FILLS YOU UP?

This week my day is starting out with a cold, steel cut oatmeal “parfait”.  Let me say, I am not a fan of oatmeal…. I am a cream of wheat kind of gal.  I can even do the instant cream…

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ENTITLEMENT VS SHARING

We all have someone in our circle that we know has connections.  They can get tickets, reservations, cheaper prices, backstage passes, coupons, you name it.  Or maybe we know THE  person who is the performer, speaker, owner who can “get…

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