Thanksgiving in April?

March 14, 2007

Can’t get enough turkey and dressing? Personally, I think that one time a year for that meal is probably more than enough, but there is another celebration of Thanksgiving here in Texas. I’ve been to that celebration but, thankfully, do not remember having to eat turkey! I think I ate Mexican food. In El Paso, [...]

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All Shook Up

February 10, 2007

I’m a worry wart, and I won’t apologize for it. It’s not my fault, I was born that way. It’s the San Andreas Fault. With an adult child living in San Francisco, I can find plenty to worry me. The City is a marvelous place, but any city has a dark side, too. I worry [...]

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Crush, Texas–A Town for One Day

January 31, 2007

There is no evidence to suggest that a famous publicity stunt took place in the bucolic field south of the town of West, Texas, except a lonely historical marker. There are no other signs of the town of Crush, Texas. But, in 1896, the town of Crush was headline news. That year, an employee of [...]

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“Mirror, Mirror On The Wall”

January 26, 2007

Out flew the web and floated wide- The mirror crack’d from side to side; “The curse is come upon me,” cried The Lady of Shalott. “The Lady of Shalott” Alfred, Lord Tennyson Whew! I tripped on the enormous oval mirror that stands in our bedroom. Fortunately, I caught it just before it crashed. As big [...]

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Old Jigsaw Puzzlers Never Die…They Just Go To Pieces

January 9, 2007

There is that “blonde joke” about the gal who said, “I bought a puzzle that said ’2-4 years.’ I don’t know why they think it’s that hard…I finished it in 6 months.” That was funny until my husband and I sat down to work a jigsaw puzzle, produced by The Puzzle House, called “Starry Night.” [...]

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