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Hello and welcome to my blog
I'm so glad you're here. I'll do my best to entertain you with stories, short essays, and an occasional poem. Let me know if there's something you'd like to see here in the comments section. For now, enjoy!
Off with the darling's head!
The art of writing a good novel is not in telling the story, it is in the revisions. Stated more plainly, a story does not make a book...
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Jul 9, 20203 min read
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Three Boxes of Justice
(I haven't posted in a while, and this post diverges from previous themes. I hope it inspires the reader.) Today, I burned ten years of...
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Jun 22, 20205 min read
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The Bread of Life
Today is Good Friday. Without being able to gather, Christians across the nation will be sharing communion via technology. It’s rather...
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Apr 10, 20203 min read
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PANDEMIC PANDEMONIUM!
I knew we were in Michigan once we began seeing dead deer lining the road and lingering snow over dreary, brown grass. What a change from...
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Mar 23, 20204 min read
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Places to Remember
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could spend a few years, even a decade, living in the place of your dreams? Perhaps the places you’ve...
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Jan 26, 20203 min read
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Unintended Consequences
Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. WHAM! It happened at one of...
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Jan 8, 20204 min read
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By any other name . . .
Hubby and I were seated in a cafeteria, minding our own business and about to dig into our lunch. We were the only ones at the table and...
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Dec 21, 20193 min read
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Paying attention
I can tell myself to focus a million times a day, and still abandon an important task for the next shiny thing. This has a name—ADHD—...
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Dec 13, 20194 min read
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Not in a Box!
We were honored to be invited to eat Thanksgiving dinner with the family of a couple who live in the same condominium complex where we...
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Nov 30, 20193 min read
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In Remembrance
There was a recent discussion on Facebook about the challenges the elderly face, in particular loneliness. In this holiday season, it's...
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Nov 29, 20192 min read
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Couch Potatoes Not Allowed
"Did you get your hour of outdoor exercise today?” My father sternly repeated this inquisition as he looked from one child to the next. ...
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Nov 12, 20193 min read
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Let it shine!
“Nothing good happens at night,” I said. Ron and I were watching the first minutes of an Amazon Prime series. As the scene progressed,...
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Oct 19, 20192 min read
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Where did the day go??
I’d guess most of us ask ourselves this question at least once a week, if not more frequently. My day goes something like this: roll...
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Oct 5, 20193 min read
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Blissfully Unplugged
To all things there is a season and a time . . . Ecclesiastes 3:1 It is September eighteenth. I am in a cabin in the Upper Peninsula,...
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Sep 23, 20192 min read
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Beauty for Ashes . . .
A peaceful sky over the cottages
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Sep 5, 20193 min read
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Fish Tales
The water slurped against the side of the canoe making it rock ever so slightly. The sky overhead was impossibly blue, the air pure. I...
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Aug 29, 20194 min read
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Powerful and Silent
I am a nurse although no longer working as one. I have many fond memories of my time at the bedside. I also have disturbing memories of...
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Aug 25, 20193 min read
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More than you can chew . . .
Ever bite into a submarine sandwich and in the next instant realize you’ve bitten off far too much? The bread seems to mushroom into an...
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Aug 21, 20192 min read
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Luckiest Girl in the World
The mare strained, her breaths coming in soft grunts, her swollen belly arched like a cathedral dome. She lifted her head and looked...
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Aug 20, 20193 min read
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