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Emptying the house
Letters tied with string, recipes in a box, pictures in frames. A ceramic lamp, a goose neck rocker, a candy dish. The night table with ringed water marks, the desk with the sun-bleached side, the...
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What happens on girl trips?
Somewhere, towards the end of an unusually long, cold, patience-busting winter, there comes a summons. It can take the form of a text, e-mail or phone call and almost always contains the word...
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Granny get your gun
Maybe it’s just me, but I find it a little disturbing to think of Grandma packing a hand gun. Can you picture your grandmother with a gun? I’ve asked many of my friends lately, “Do you own a...
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Here today, Gone today
I awaken to the light, the sun coming through the window. Happily drowsy, fresh from a good nights sleep, I celebrate morning. It’s morning, at last and I get to go sledding with my sister. Momma said...
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When life gives you blueberries, make LEMON MERINGUE PIE
For some reason, the bushes in our neighborhood have been chock full of blueberries this year. Loaded, for weeks on end. At first there was a mad rush to fill our buckets before the neighbors picked...
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Super Hero
A family sat around the dining room table enjoying their dinner when the grandfather introduced a table question. “If you could have any super power, what would you choose?” “I’d fly,” said the oldest...
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Sea Treasure
She looked forward to the fulfillment of a promise. A treasure, ushered in by the morning’s tide, chosen especially for her. Out of the endless trove of delicacies that sequined the beach, She...
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For Patsy
She played in a world where the stakes were high, Low numbers, no faces, her cards as dealt. Others held hands with Kings and Queens. Good thing she didn’t know the odds. She learned of when to...
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7 Reasons why Women Cheat
An exclusive committment to another person is difficult. Studies show that most women will be unfaithful at least once, most likely within the first 3 years of their relationship. Some of these...
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The Perfect Gift
Last Monday started like most other Mondays. Ambitions were high and I raced through my things to do list, never looking right or left but straight into the duties before me. I wouldn’t say that I...
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Seeking and Finding
I’ve done it before, many times and I usually come up empty. I meet someone from somewhere else and I just throw it out there. “Do you know so and so?” Most of the time I can hear the unspoken words...
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This face
You never know when it will happen, when you suddenly receive sight. You see something in a wonderfully strange new way, as if You are the only one, ever, who has seen it. You feel an immediate...
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A field and an old House
She pauses every time she drives by the field with the sad, abandoned house. Something about the scene causes her to wonder if she has ever been inside the little house or played in the flower...
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Visitors for Christmas
Here I go again. It’s that most wonderful time of the year. Anticipation of and preparation for the season awaken my creative energy and unlock my secret longing for perfection. I envision a totally...
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Good Will Mandate – (or How to have a Pleasant Christmas)
The family begins to gather. First, the child from out-of-town, then the children who live close by, the older grandkids, the aunt, the babies, a neighbor, a few friends, a dog or two (couldn’t find...
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Vietnam: Sorting it Out
On Tuesday, January 10, 2017, the New York Times International edition was on the carpet outside of my hotel room. I was immediately drawn to an article in the Opinion section. It’s title:...
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Benji and the Drain Critter
One has to admire his tenacity, the clarity of his mission. He is a sentinel whose job is to keep watch. And watch he does. Day after day he returns to the same spot. His commitment is undeniable...
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Her
I saw her again today. It’s been awhile since her memory has come up and that is a good thing. At first I thought that even time itself would never be able to erase her image from my mind. I’m...
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To all the husbands out there who come home on occasion to find that a tearful irrational, moody, alien has taken over their wife’s body, I have a thought for you -Young girls get weary and frankly old...
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B.S.
There have been other school shootings, other tragic senseless murders. Countless, really. Why is this one any different? I think it’s the students. It’s their pure, raw, real voices. I can’t watch...
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