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Random Thoughts

As I re-read my post on Feet, I realized it should have been just a random thought. I have a few of them … nothing earth shattering to share, just some observations. First, I saw a commercial the other day … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday (Makeup) — Fall

Here’s a second installment of Five Minute Friday. I missed the exercise a couple of weeks ago on FALL since I was in Illinois at my granddaughter’s graduation. I could have just skipped it, but I felt like I had … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Listen

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. I missed last week’s exercise on FALL (in Illinois at my granddaughter’s graduation … another story), although I might post it independently. Anyway, you might remember the task at hand is to … Continue reading

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Kids Will Be … Kids

Kids — or in my case, grandkids — sure are amusing. Their spontaneity and imagination is amaaazing. A couple of weeks ago, my resident grandkids spent the night at their Grandma’s. They had the next day off from school, but … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — View

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/2013/05/five-minute-friday-view/) who thought about writing and how often our … Continue reading

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Wednesday Writing — The End

It’s Wednesday and I’ve been contributing so long to our story, I just sort of wound up here. Seriously, I wanted to bring the story full circle with an epilogue. And I have a request for anyone still reading. I’ll … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Song

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/2013/05/five-minute-friday-song/) who thought about writing and how often our … Continue reading

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Mothers and Other Musings

For Mother’s Day I intended on posting a homily I gave a few years back. Instead, I spent the day flat on my back trying to get some relief from sciatic pain. As I’ve nursed myself back — holistically and … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Comfort

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/2013/05/five-minute-friday-comfort/) who thought about writing and how often our … Continue reading

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Don’t Look Up

Today is Ascension Thursday … the day Jesus departed from this sphere. It reminded me of when our pastor announced he had been called to a congregation in Chicago. He was out of town that particular Sunday just prior to … Continue reading

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