August 2007

The Carpenter

August 31, 2007

I remember my Momma’s hands when I was a little girl. They were strong with long slim fingers. Those were the hands that picked me up gently and cuddled me when I needed comfort. I remember Momma’s hands squeezing mine to show me her love. I can see her holding a pen and writing in [...]

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Thursday Thirteen Number 25. I Just Have to Share

August 30, 2007

Y’all, there are days that I worry about the “monster” I have created. I had spent six months building a readership for this blog. I made many blogging friends and enjoyed visiting them every day. They came faithfully to read the stories that I wrote. I was having a lot of fun with it. Then, [...]

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Quick Note

August 29, 2007

No, I’m not playing a knitting video game. I wouldn’t win at it, because I don’t knit well. Y’all, I don’t play if I don’t have a chance to win. Today, I’m being a crocheting fool. I’m meeting with a group in Roanoke, Texas to crochet and I have an appointment before the meeting. Wouldn’t [...]

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“Rock The Rock Chick’s World” Raffle

August 28, 2007

Well, y’all we didn’t really “rock her world,” we just kept it from sliding out from under her. We tried everything we knew to do to get Jessica The Rock Chick on the A-List. Technorati is taking away her links faster than we can add them. My friend Harlekwin, at Boho Rhap, says it’s like [...]

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Only The Good. An Aloof Visitor.

August 27, 2007

I’m an early riser. In fact, I get up waaaay early. Part of that is just being a menopausal old broad, but mostly I get up early because I love the peace and quiet before the world gets going. What I mean by that, is before the teenager rocks the house with the sounds of [...]

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Another Hodge Podge Post

August 24, 2007

Have y’all ever been sitting on the porch chatting with friends and found the conversation changing from one topic to the next with lightning speed? This is one of those kinds of entries. I’ve got a lot I’m thinking about this morning, and so I’m putting it all together piecemeal. I’m switching back and forth [...]

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Thursday Thirteen Number 24. If My Life Was On Videotape

August 23, 2007

When my oldest son was a toddler, I took him to a playground in the local park. There was a “merry-go-round” there; but not the kind with horses on it. It was a large flat circular disc with handles spaced around the edges. Children grabbed the handles and ran in a circle in the sand [...]

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Curses!

August 21, 2007

I have a confessions to make. I’m cursed, and bad luck follows me like the papparazi follows Paris Hilton. I know that I’m cursed, because this fortune teller told so, and I believe everything I hear. You don’t think it’s true? People who hire me to come to their town to tell stories know that [...]

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Kitchen Sink Philosophy

August 20, 2007

All of my life, I have known my Mamaw’s “Kitchen Sink Philosophy.” In the deep recesses of what passes for my brain, I have known that I needed to live my life by that philosophy. It just was one of those things that didn’t “sink” in to my conscious thought. This weekend, I finally realized [...]

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Nice Matters Award. A Nice Surprise.

August 17, 2007

My good blogging buddy Jenny McB at J’s Thoughts and Musings surprised me with an award yesterday. Thank you, Jen for passing that to me. I needed that to pick up my spirits. It was a long day! Jen was one of the first bloggers who ever commented on my blog, and we have commiserated [...]

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Fumbling Around

August 17, 2007

Yesterday was a frustrating day for me, because I could not find my glasses. I fumbled around and looked high and low (and yes I looked on top of my head, Vixen and Jen). I backtracked trying to trace my steps. I looked under the bed in case the cats had knocked them under there. [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #23—-If I Could Only Find My Glasses

August 16, 2007

I’ve been drinking my coffee trying to muster the oomph to write a Thursday Thirteen, my friends. I love participating in this meme, because you can meet some wonderful bloggers. I’m having a little difficulty writing today. I’m writing this with my husband’s glasses perched on my nose. His eyesight is better than mine, so [...]

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Only The Good—Zoom Zoom

August 15, 2007

On Locust Street in Denton, TX, there is a tiny little convenience store called Zoom Zoom’s. Built back in 1929 as a gas station, it’s still a going concern (although I think just barely). The place doesn’t look very impressive if you are just driving past it, and most people just zoom on by it [...]

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A Hodge Podge

August 14, 2007

This is just a jumble of several things that I needed to get said. I thought it would be an easy post to put together, but there are a lot of links. I’m mostly sending you to some of my favorite people, and I hope you like them, too. Don’t you love that picture? Those [...]

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Share A Square Day Update—Lemonade

August 13, 2007

Sometimes, my friends, all you can do is make lemonade. Sunday was Share A Square Day in Denton, Texas. I had talked Michelle, who owns a totally awesome local bistro called “banter,” into allowing us to use her space for the day (I didn’t have to twist her arm very hard). She generously offered free [...]

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Manic Monday—A Crisis at the Caverns

August 13, 2007

Yes, Sunday was Share A Square Day in Denton, and I know some of you are anxiously awaiting an update. You are just going to have to hold your horses. I have some pictures to re-size and some links to track down before I can put it together. Later today, or in the morning, I’ll [...]

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Bloggers Are Like Fireflies

August 10, 2007

A few nights ago, my husband and I sat on the porch enjoying the cool breeze. As we talked, the thought registered in my head that the welding shop behind us was working late, because I saw the flash of a spark. Then my husband murmured, “Firefly.” A firefly! Yes, it was and it was [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #22—A Raffle!

August 8, 2007

[If you are not a blogger, this post will not make sense to you. You might prefer to read in my archives. Try this ghost story category or some of my silliness.] Have y’all ever had “success” dangling in front of your eyes like a carrot in front of a work horse? You can almost [...]

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Only The Good—Here’s Looking At You

August 7, 2007

He’s all bug-eyed, isn’t he? I was out and about here in Denton, Texas putting up posters for the upcoming Share A Square Day. At the Visual Arts Center, as I walked through the shade of the trees, I glanced down at the sidewalk to see this fella looking up at me. I don’t know [...]

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White Lies

August 6, 2007

My Aunt La Verta was a kind-hearted woman. She seemed as tiny and fragile as a sparrow, but she was as strong as a horse, and worked hard every day of her life. That woman was always moving, endlessly chattering, and constantly finding lost souls to save. If you asked my Aunt La Verta for [...]

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