November 2009

Testing An iPhone Application

November 29, 2009

Supposedly, I can post to this WordPress blog from my iPhone. I’m sitting in a hotel room in Houston with nothing of interest on television and I’m afraid of my Internet connection. It’s probably safe. However, I envision some computer nerd sitting in the next room listening through the walls to hear if my fingers [...]

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Only The Caretaker

November 28, 2009

I clutched the tiny leather case close to my heart yesterday for more than an hour, my fingers tracing the cracks in the aged red leather. Placing it on my lap, I gently pulled the snap to open the case, careful not to tear the leather. The contents fairly glowed in the morning sun … [...]

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Thirteen Reasons I’m Thankful — Turkey Is Not One Of Them

November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving! I imagine that you all are ready for the feasting and football. What? You haven’t slain the turkey yet? We haven’t either, because there will be no “traditional” Thanksgiving in our family this year. With our children scattered around the country, my Sweet Spousal Unit and I haven’t had a real Thanksgiving since [...]

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Defining Myself With Wordle

November 24, 2009

Do y’all ever get introspective? I’m going through that right now. It seems as if I “morph” every seven years or so and become a different person altogether. When that happens, I’m worthless as a writer, so this morning I’ve just been playing. After reading a post by Israeli Mom, who directed her readers to [...]

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Dancing Around In Cypress

November 23, 2009

An intrepid reporter would have let nothing stand in her way in her quest for a story to give you about Cypress, Texas when she visited. Driving in rush hour traffic to find a location would not have shaken her steely resolve. In cold and rainy weather, she still would have taken her trusty camera [...]

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Helping Others To Dress For Success

November 20, 2009

If I show up for work dressed in an outfit that is a bit wacky, it never raises eyebrows. In fact, people expect that a storyteller would dress in a way that is “out of the norm.” I’m an artist, after all, and I have to meet the expectations of my audience. All I have [...]

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Twitter Support Is For The Birds

November 19, 2009

If you have a Twitter account, you’d better hope that nothing goes wrong with it, because you will be flying on your own. It all works great until you have a problem. Then you will find that Twitter support seems to be totally unreachable. Perhaps I shouldn’t complain, since the Twitter social networking “service” is [...]

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Another Opportunity For Folks With Big Hearts

November 13, 2009

Holidays are around the corner, and I’ve noticed that people open their hearts to others this time of year. Especially I see that knitters and crocheters all over the internet keep their hands busy creating items to give away. But, you don’t have to be crafty to give … just creative. You can purchase handmade [...]

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Poster Child

November 12, 2009

My husband and I were remembering our respective childhoods, when I asked him what posters he had on his wall as a teenager. Every teenager has posters on their wall … and probably have since the first cave teens existed. Didn’t you have posters tacked to the walls, and taped to the doors? Sure you [...]

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Is Ginseng For Memory? I Don’t Recall.

November 11, 2009

Supposedly, ginseng has been proven as a memory booster for laboratory mice. This information has driven me to drink — ginseng tea. It’s not because ginseng is my favorite flavor, by any means. And, it’s not because I consider myself mousy. Where was I going with this? Oh, yeah. My memory is shot to heck. [...]

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San Antonio At Night Is A Delight

November 9, 2009

When I started my series of posts called “my neck of the woods,” I didn’t want to talk about the Alamo, because that’s what every tourist knows. However, one cannot be in “The Alamo City” without snapping a picture of it. For those of you who don’t know The Alamo City, bless your hearts, that [...]

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My Optimism is Challenged

November 6, 2009

Euphoria overwhelmed me yesterday as I finished my day of work. I had painted most of a closet and had my accounting paperwork close to orderly. My blog post of the day had been one for Mimi’s BlogBlast for Peace. In unison with thousands of other bloggers across the world, I had voiced a desire [...]

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Dona Nobis Pacem. Doing Our Part.

November 5, 2009

Rabbit was hopping along one day, when he stumbled over Hummingbird, who was lying flat on his back in the middle of the path. He had his feet sticking straight up in the air. “Are you sick?” asked Rabbit. “Nope,” said Hummingbird. “Are you hurt?” Rabbit inquired. “Nope,” said Hummingbird. “What’s going on?” cried Rabbit. [...]

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Creating Art At Sunrise Pottery

November 3, 2009

I went to Artisan’s Alley in San Antonio with little hopes of holding on to my pocketbook. I had visited the shops there before and I knew that temptation awaited me. The tiny shopping center is located at 555 W. Bitters Rd., and you won’t find it unless you are looking for it. I definitely [...]

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Tattooed Librarians?

November 2, 2009

You could have knocked me over with a feather when I read that the Texas Library Association had a calendar for next year featuring librarians with tattoos. Yes, they really do! They are raising money for the TLA Library Disaster Relief Fund … and I suppose they are also trying to change the image of [...]

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The Potter’s Hands

November 1, 2009

I was fortunate this week to be able to watch a potter create his art. Although I took a pottery class in college, the skill eluded me (I dropped the class so it wouldn’t destroy my grade point average). Most of the few items I made were heavy enough to use as weapons and did [...]

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