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The other night I was chatting on Twitter with a couple friends & we were discussing having kids. It started out being a silly discussion on how I should just let my kids run free range (no diapers) so that I could spend my money on ice cream instead. One of the ladies said, “I […]
By now everybody knows about the devastation in Joplin, MO. Sunday an EF-4 tornado cut a swath of destruction that is unbelievable. A few minutes of wind left St. John’s hospital damaged, the helicopter that would be immediately needed a crumpled heap of metal in front of the building. The high school is gone as […]
My brother R turned 27 this week. To celebrate, his wife invited a bunch of his friends & siblings to go out to dinner followed by dancing. Abe & I were glad to go out for dinner & Magnus is always enjoys checking out somewhere new.
We had a nice time at Granite City Brewery […]
Dear Melville,
My apologies that it has taken me so long to respond to your most recent letter. I must admit that the words have seem jumbled as of late & haven’t wanted to appear ordered on the page. (Fair warning that this letter may not be as coherent as it should be.)
Pursuing the […]
I was catching up on some blog reading this morning & ran across one where my friend Willa was talking about a close friend of hers that will soon be giving birth to a fourth child. (Read it here) It is a touching look at how women share moments of great import & […]
I am having a terrible log jam in my brain lately. I have so many thoughts & ideas swirling around I can’t concentrate let alone think straight. Please bear with me as I attempt to get some of it out so that maybe I can revisit some of it later.
One thing that is pinging […]
Life has an odd way about it. The threads that weave our existence are varied in color & texture yet there are so many similarities among us. The foundations of our experiences my happen at different stages but celebration, mourning & the emotions that come with them are universal. Family (in its many forms) is […]
Continue Reading → So a couple weeks back I previewed some upcoming posts. I haven’t forgotten that promise…however life has had other plans for me. So rather than recap “Wheels & Squeals” like I had planned it will be a bit of this & that. This past weekend was the local summer festival weekend. There were tons of […]
Continue Reading → Every small town in this area (in fact in the country probably) has some type of summer weekend fling. They celebrate the town’s heritage etc. Here we have “Wheels & Squeals”…a combination car show & rib fest weekend. There are quite a few events along with food, requisite beer garden & live music. After reading […]
Continue Reading → So here’s the deal…eight is rather a magic number in my family. My dad is one of 8 kids (2 girls, 4 boys, 2 girls); I am one of 8 kids (2 girls, 4 boys, a girl & a boy) and now my child is going to be one of 8 grandkids (2 boys, a […]
Continue Reading → Perfect bra fund
People I'm Reading
- Dante's Prog Blog Inferno
- Fit This, Girl!
- Greetings From Diffle County
- HappiForever & the Hungry Ghosts
- It's just me…
- Jeremy Erickson
- Little Daily Escape
- Little Indiana
- Morticia’s Den
- Poetry Notebook
- Real Zest
- Searching…always searching
- Simply Sneaky
- Sugarwilla & Spice
- Tangled In My Hair
- Taste Like Crazy
- The Mutant Mouse Chronicles
