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Five Minute Friday – Last

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. This week’s prompt is LAST. The timer is set … so here goes. {clock starts now} Maybe it was returning to New York for more than a long weekend. Maybe it was … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween

I’m not a big fan of Halloween. I never was … even as a kid. I never got into it as my five children looked forward to trick or treating. I still keep my porch light off on Halloween night, … Continue reading

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How

So, you want to write a book. We have been tackling the five Ws and the H … that’s What, When, Where, Why. Who, and How. We’ve already delved into the five W’s — What, When, Where, Why, and Who. … Continue reading

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A True Friend

Today’s Words for the Week are a sample of Daily Encounter by Dick Innes A friend loves at all times. Proverbs 17:17 Years ago a friend was talking to me about some people being “cursed with the affliction to give … Continue reading

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Thank God

A few words from the slanty side of the pulpit today at West Fayette (NY) Presbyterian Church. May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. … Continue reading

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Prayer Changes Things

As we build this community prayer platform, we ask the Lord to listen to our petitions with full confidence they not only are heard but acted upon by God according to His holy will. These requests are on my prayer … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Wait

Time for Five Minute Friday! Five Minute Friday is an opportunity to focus on a prompt word for five minutes (more or less), write a pithy (or sometimes not so pithy) post, share it with others at Kate’s place on … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Active

Five Minute Friday. The rules remain the same. Ponder the weekly prompt {disclosed at a Twitter Party on Thursday night}. Then write. Nothing too pithy, just honest as the words flow from the brain through the fingers. Keep it limited … Continue reading

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The Journey — Part One

It’s hard to believe but the first leg of my late year journey is almost over. To recap, I’m spending about two and a half weeks with each of my kids/grandkids/great-grandkids. This was the Massachusetts chapter. And it has been … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Deep

Five Minute Friday. Just to remind you what the exercise is really about, it’s free-style writing on a specific prompt word for five minutes, then linking and sharing at our place on Facebook. I’ve also been sharing snippets taken from … Continue reading

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