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Home for a Holiday

Every family has its traditions. Ours seem to be anti-traditions. You never know what you’ll get when you arrive at our house. This year for the July 4th celebration, I decided to have a cooking contest. The theme of the year … Continue reading

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Feeling Independent?

It’s Independence Day again. There are flags flying all over town, and many are celebrating a day off work with picnics and parades. We have a rodeo, street dance, parade and carnival in our tiny community. The weather is hot, and … Continue reading

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Easter Renewal

Whatever your religious or philosophical persuation, the celebration of springtime is hard to miss. This annual ritual is an integral part of our culture, embedded in the fabric of our species. The confines of the winter season burst and we are hurtled into … Continue reading

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April Showers Bring Tax Procrastination

Yes! It IS Tax Day. Not exactly a national holiday, but it might be described as a day of mourning for some. It’s raining outside, so it’s a perfect time to settle down to those forms. Now that they are online, … Continue reading

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Changes

Sometimes change is so slow, Rumpelstiltskin wouldn’t notice it after his long nap. Those of us who have trouble with patience find this type of change one of the greatest challenges life has to offer. We fidget and twitch our … Continue reading

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Jelly Beans

You have a craving for jelly beans. But it IS Lent, a time for moderation, so you feel you should wait until the Easter celebration begins. But Easter is late this year, and your body knows it is time. So you amuse … Continue reading

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April Showers?

Yesterday it tried so hard to be summer that the strain took us back into winter again. Another storm is headed our way, complete with rain, hail, and snow. But the flowers really are lovely! Someday it will be summer, … Continue reading

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wow

I have been blogging regularly since late December, and here it is less than three months later, and what has happened? I have been derailed by a bad cold and job drama, and distracted by global catastrophe. But there is … Continue reading

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joie de vivre

The joy of living is a concept that is well within our grasp, if we dare to reach for it. Seriously. We don’t have to go on vacation or wait until retirement to appreciate the comfort and enjoyment that is … Continue reading

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Germ Invasion

Everywhere you go, you are mobbed by sniffling, sneezing, coughing, tissue-seeking vessels of germs. You are a school teacher and it is the middle of winter. Somehow you survived the holiday season  unscathed. You were mildly sympathetic when your spouse … Continue reading

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