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Latest Posts
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Eight Years of Reshaping My Entire Existence
It is eight years since the hot July night that my husband passed from this world, and my existence as I had known it for forty-four years, since the age of seventeen, was shattered. Even now, when I think of it I can’t seem to breath. And yes, even after all this time, there remains…
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A Clean Desk for the New Year
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old…
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Signs of Life
The dog and I just returned from a week-long camping excursion, almost a thousand miles of road travel to north Alabama mountains and back. As always I was struck by road signs. There are those highway signs that tell us that the bridge ices before the road–a novelty to someone who lives as far south…
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Keeping On and Sale
What are your heartbreak losses? In the past days, I have had friends tell me of heartbreaking losses in their lives. One experienced the death of a precious cat, another told of having lost her wedding photos in a flood, and yet another family I know lost a barn and contents to a fire. Many…
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Quarantine Time Book Sale!
Dear Sweets — the Amazon delivery man called me that yesterday. I like it! –for my small part in spreading comfort and joy at this time, I offer– 4 Matlock Bestsellers On Sale! Mary In Color .99¢ Amazon / Nook & Apple $ 1.99 Sweet Dreams at the Goodnight Motel Amazon / Nook & Apple…
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