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Mom called me tonight with a bit of poetic circumstance…apparently my hometown area is under a severe weather warning—specifically a tornado warning. Now unless you are VERY familiar with my life this statement will seem quite random. Allow me to elucidate. On a hot, muggy June morning in 1993 I woke up & went off […]
Continue Reading → Tomorrow June 8th will mark one year of being without a dear friend. It’s been a long year…and it was filled with the deepest sorrow & the greatest joy. I’m reflecting & wondering if I’ve taken anything with me over this last year. Have I “learned” anything? I’ll never forget the phone call…I wish I […]
Continue Reading → Memorial Day weekend is an important anniversary for me. I completely & totally lost part of me — and I’m so blessed because of that— to Hubby. But let me fill in some background for my readers who may not know the origins of our little life together. I was living in the Minneapolis area […]
Continue Reading → I love that no matter what time of day/week/month/year I walk into Mom & Dad’s house yeasty fresh bread rises to my nostrils. It’s a sense memory so complete for me that I instantly regress to being a teenager for a little while. Usually when I arrive it’s late at night after a long day […]
Continue Reading → I was home this weekend to play photographer at my cousin’s wedding but also to celebrate my dad’s birthday. His birthday proper was on Saturday but we celebrated today as we had wedding obligations first. So today the family gathered (all 8 kids, the spouses & grandkids bringing our little group to a grand total […]
Continue Reading → We are headed to the southwest corner of Minnesota tonight. Pretty much a diagonal line from Duluth across the state—about 5.5 hours of drive time. I’m excited because I haven’t been home since February. As we packed the truck, loaded the dogs & prepared to leave town we stopped quickly to fuel up & grab […]
Continue Reading → Every August of my childhood my extended family met in Hole in the Mountain park in Lake Benton, MN. This is Mom’s side of the family so her siblings, their families, all her aunts, uncles, cousins, 1st cousins once removed, 2nd cousins and all their families descended on the large A frame shelter for a […]
Continue Reading → Today when I opened my Internet Explorer (I was at work….we don’t get to use Firefox) and the MSN headline stared me in the face….10 years since Columbine. Seeing that headline zapped me instantly across time. I was in my 1st year out of college back then. I don’t remember where I was when I […]
Continue Reading → In yesterday’s post I made mention of screaming helplessly as a garter snake crossed my path. I should point out that I hatedetestloathedespise creepy-crawlies. Since I was very young I have feared bugs. I don’t care how small or harmless they may be I want nothing to do with them. I will scream, wave my […]
Continue Reading → The last couple days while sitting at my desk I started thinking about all the jobs I’ve had. There have been many across a wide range of fields. From the time I was a teenager I’ve had a job in some way. My first jobs were babysitting jobs naturally. I was good at it (still […]
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