September 2008

Win A FREE Handbag at Handbag Planet!

September 30, 2008

You can register to win any of twenty four handbags, except THIS one! I want it! Do you like FREE STUFF? Of course you do. You KNOW you want to win a handbag. Even you guys! If you won’t carry it yourself, you fellas can give it to your Momma, your wife, or your girlfriend [...]

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American Masterpieces Program

September 29, 2008

This is an excerpt from an unexpected letter I got in the mail today from the Texas Commission on the Arts: Dear Ms. Tucker, The Commission is pleased to announce that you have been designated as an NEA American Masterpieces touring artist for the fiscal year 2009. You are one of 25 outstanding Texas artists [...]

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Making A List And Checking It Twice.

September 28, 2008

I’ve been disturbed, but I decided to cheer me up by making a list. Making lists always works, sometimes. It seems to calm me down to have things in writing. Did you know that today was International Disturbed People Day (who makes this stuff up?). I missed it, because I was too upset. I’ve been [...]

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Advertising Is Not Rocket Science, BUT…

September 25, 2008

… if you are using a theme song, you should know the lyrics! With the television on, just for the noise while I knitted, a commercial caught my attention. The advertisement was accompanied by a haunting song that is a favorite of mine. Originally it was performed by David Bowie; it’s called “Space Oddyssey.” I [...]

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Until It’s In The Bag

September 24, 2008

Greasy wool transformed. Dyed, hand-twisted, and knitted. Good Medicine Bag. Pardon the poor Haiku. I spent yesterday creating a medicine bag for a child I will never know. A boy, probably. A boy who either has cancer or is the brother of a child with cancer. All I know is that he will attend Camp [...]

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“Funeral” Is Just An Anagram For “Real Fun”

September 23, 2008

They say, “You can’t take it with you when you go.” If “it” is your sense of humor, possibly you can take it with you. If so, Heaven is rocking with giggles right now. This is an obituary from the Dallas Morning News. I thought I might die laughing when I read it: Merritt, Edward [...]

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Boot Scootin’ Boogie

September 22, 2008

If you live in Texas — or even if you come to visit Texas, chances are good that you will be exposed to country music. It’s not my favorite musical genre, but our friends all gather once a month at a country music hall, so that’s where we go to attempt dancing. At some point [...]

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Loose Ends

September 20, 2008

I have a bad habit of telling y’all stories, but never following up to give you the ending. To my perpetual surprise, some of you actually care enough to write and ask. You don’t know how that warms the cockles of my heart. So, I thought I’d tie up some of those loose ends this [...]

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Standing In The Shadows

September 19, 2008

You may never have heard of Lil Hardin. I hadn’t until I glanced through a book down at the coffee house. I was intrigued by what I read. Back in the day, Lil was a talented jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader. We don’t hear much about her, because she decided to promote her [...]

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Ring Tailed Tooter, Clint Walker, Bottletrees and The Oscar Meyer Weinermobile

September 18, 2008

Those things have nothing in common, except that I’ve blogged about them before. People come to my blog every day searching for them, so I thought I’d put them together in one place to make it easy. Interspersed with some other things I want you to know about, it can be my Thursday Thirteen # [...]

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Adopt An Ancestor

September 17, 2008

Have y’all ever seen the piles of “Lost Ancestors” down at the antique store? Sure you have. There is always a pile of pictures. Photographs of people who never seem to smile. You would think we are descended from a bunch of unhappy people, but I think they just held stern expressions because that’s easier [...]

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My “Cholesterol Fix”

September 16, 2008

I briefly considered becoming a vegetarian this weekend. That resolve lasted almost fifteen minutes. I was thinking about it because the doctor says I need to lower my cholesterol. I figure that it’s time to worry if she looks at the test results and says something like, “How are you alive?” The sad thing is [...]

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The Thunder Rolls — Celtic Thunder!

September 15, 2008

[Editor's note: YOU can win tickets to a Celtic Thunder Concert! Come and enter here.] [Editor's other note: Oops! The contest is over.] I was too lazy to reach for the remote control to change channels, but I figured that since I was watching the PBS channel something good might come on the screen. For [...]

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Gobbledigook

September 12, 2008

“DONDE YADAYADAYADA BLAHBLAH YADA BLAH,” the man shouted at me. Well, that wasn’t exactly what he said, but it’s what it sounded like to me. It was just a bunch of “gobbledigook.” He was shouting in Spanish, and the only word I caught was “donde.” I knew he was asking “where” something was. I only [...]

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Battling Carpet Stains

September 11, 2008

A smart person who really wanted a simple life, would not have light colored carpet. She especially wouldn’t have that cream colored carpet if she has five cats in the house! In fact, she would not have those darned cats! I didn’t tell you that I was a smart person…did I? I can’t get rid [...]

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Dreams To Ashes

September 11, 2008

She’s beautiful, isn’t she? At 49 years old, Jane Orth was “sitting on top of the world.” Having just retired a month previously from her job at Lucent Technology, she decided to take a trip of a lifetime. Australia! A dream vacation — what a treat! Weeks of excited packing were followed by hugs and [...]

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Ask A Silly Question, Get A Silly Answer

September 10, 2008

“Your hair color is so BEAUTIFUL,” the twenty-something receptionist at the beauty parlor gushed. “Is that your REAL hair?” Now, I ask y’all: what was I supposed to do with a question like that? I’m a “woman of a certain age,” I had just come out of a beauty shop, my hair was sopping wet, [...]

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My Day, In Haiku

September 9, 2008

Suitcases brimming, He leaves for business trip. Sulking cats scowling. Five felines clinging Yet, the house feels quite empty. Music fills silence. Seeking diversion. “Craft room” beckons me softly. What treasures await! Surrounded by cloth, Imagination takes flight. Ah, Medicine bags! Strands of bright soft yarn Crochet hook flying swiftly. New afghan is born. Creativity! [...]

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Hunkering Down

September 8, 2008

Some days, I feel like I’m on a carnival ride that is spinning too fast for me. I just want it to stop, so I can go somewhere and rest and hunker down. This week is feeling like that, and it hasn’t even really begun! There is so much to do, and so little time! [...]

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Believe It!

September 6, 2008

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” This, my friends, is The Storyteller’s Creed. I have lived [...]

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