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Pride and Prejudice

Saturday, Ciera and I watched Pride and Prejudice for her birthday. My girls and I kind of like that movie. It went along with what I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. This thing called love. And I readily admit I am a little slow on the uptake so forgive me, but…. My thoughts begin …

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Health Care Reform

I do not even try to pretend to understand the political issues being bantered back and forth between parties, families and friends.  Everyone is so heated and convinced that the “other side” means harm to our freedoms and country. With all the noise and rhetoric, I feel I am not getting an objective point of …

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I’m Sorry…

I realize I’m a little slow on the uptake. I actually believe what everyone says to me. It is later, as I begin to dissect the conversation that I realize something does not ring true.  Or sometimes you have to hit me over the head. Take for instance, apologies.  It took me years to realize …

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Driving Miss Crazy

I am teaching my daughter to drive.  She has not been in a hurry, but last month I heard about a really disturbing incident. I heard about a young girl who went to work. Her boss left an important work element (the life giving clipboard) at a local large warehouse store we shall call the …

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Want to Get There

On one of my computer screens I have a picture of a road that disappears into tuly fog. It reminds me of traveling to the mountains in California along Jack Tone Road or headed south toward Corcoran. Sometimes, not very often, we became shrouded in tuly fog.  It was thick and clearly dangerous for travelers. …

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The List

Sometimes I feel the only thing coming out of my mouth are the negative thoughts tumbling in my head. Often those thoughts roll and merge until I don’t even notice the blue of the sky or my eyes that are still able to see it, if I just would stop, breath and see it all. …

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Broken Wish Bone

Another year. Did you think gone or is here? I found the wishbone from Thanksgiving during my Christmas put away moments. I held both ends. That way I would get my wish no matter what. I thought of what to wish. Tears came. I had nothing and not because I believe I have all I …

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SIRS, A QUESTION IF YOU PLEASE

I have a question for President Obama and Governor Romney. Humpty Dumpty straddled a wall. With pushing and pulling and gnashing of teeth, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. How are you going to put humpty Dumpty back together again? I could ask you about our economy, Syria, health reform, abortion, religion, outsourcing, and education. …

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Finally Sailing

  I could lie and say I am doing some research for my current writing project and it is about sailing, but what would be the point. Most of my writing pieces are historically based. I am working on something I am kind of excited about…In the mean time… When did we get so old? …

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