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Sometimes Life is Like a 404 Error Page

April 16, 2009

You know what a “404 error page” is don’t you? When you read those words on your computer screen, it means that the URL (link) that you just followed took you to nowhere. You didn’t get where you intended to go. You have to backtrack and head in a different direction, because [...]

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Firm Foundations

March 18, 2009

Spring is surely here in my part of Texas, my friends.
Yesterday, I sat on my porch enjoying the sunshine, and the spectacle of two mourning doves who were building their summer home. What a beautiful sight it was!
First, the Mrs. flapped up on a branch and nestled a twig in place. As [...]

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Wear Clean Underwear

March 11, 2009

“Wear clean underwear, in case you are in an accident!”
I actually heard my grandmother utter that cliché once. Y’all thought that was just a joke people used, didn’t you?
I’m not sure I understand exactly why clean underwear would be important. How can I put this “delicately?” I’m telling you that [...]

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I Can Do This

February 16, 2009

I sat on the front porch step with my chin in my hands and an enormous scowl on my face, as I watched the other children gleefully riding their bicycles down the street. My heart was positively green with envy.
Granddaddy carefully eased himself down on the step beside me, using his hands to [...]

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Empty Words

January 14, 2009

In a storytelling workshop with 4th grade students this week, I had a child ask me a question that has given me pause. It made me start pondering my storytelling and my blogging. I told the kids that I didn’t start telling stories until I was in my thirties, although my life’s path [...]

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New Year Podcast. The Worm Whisperer

January 1, 2009

Happy New Year to all! Let’s hope we get lucky and 2009 is the best year ever.
Have you eaten your black-eyed peas today? If not you’d better get started! My Papaw, who called them “cow peas,” always said you had to eat one pea for every day of the year that [...]

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Life Balance, Part Two: It’s A Jigsaw Puzzle

October 26, 2008

By anyone’s standards, my Daddy was a successful man. He owned his own electrical contracting company and made money hand over fist. His hours were long, but he got everything done every day. On weekends, he took the family to our vacation home (a trailer) at Lake Texoma. Though he spent [...]

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Life Balance, Part One: Walking A Tight Rope

October 26, 2008

“Don’t worry,” she said confidently. “I can do it all.”
The skeptical thoughts running through my head at that moment included, “Maybe …unless life gets in the way.”
She was a “thirty-something” young woman, who was telling me about her busy life, which she kept highly organized. She has a husband who works a late [...]

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Mind Your Manners, And The Rest Is Soon To Follow

June 17, 2008

“I think once you stop hearin’ “sir” and “maam” the rest is soon to follow.”~Sheriff Bell (Tommie Lee Jones) in No Country For Old Men
Though the Cohen Brothers packed their movie with violence, the most memorable part of No Country For Old Men, for me, was the line above. It’s been bouncing around in [...]

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The Angel of Marye’s Heights

June 13, 2008

I’ve been working on my story repertoire the last few days. In that process, I came upon a tale from the time of the Civil War. Times of conflict can bring out the very best in some people.
Richard Rowland Kirkland was one of those people.
I wanted to share with you his [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #42. It’s Graduation!

June 4, 2008

Do any of y’all have graduates this year? We have one about to graduate (Yippee!) and he is the last of the bunch. That means that the last few weeks have been busy, and it isn’t going to slow down soon. For Thursday Thirteen, I guess this is thirteen observations.
1. I [...]

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Balance Is A Choice

May 11, 2008

Have y’all seen the little old lady in the buffet line? You know the one I mean. She drives you nuts, because she is so dadgum slow! While you stand there grumbling, she carefully fills her plate. She dawdles around while you fume. She takes a little bit of this, [...]

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Gentle Rebellion–Finding Balance–A Group Writing Project

April 23, 2008

The last many months for me has been nothing but go. . . go. . . GO! Every woman out there knows what I mean, and I believe that most men understand it, too. Some of us fill our lives so full that we barely get to enjoy the things we do. [...]

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Thursday Thirteen Number Forty—Things I’m Learning From Blogging

March 27, 2008

Y’all, I’m about to celebrate a blogging anniversary. Though I have been blogging since January of 2007, I migrated to WordPress and my own domain in April. It’s been quite a “ride.” During the course of this blogging experience, I’ve learned a lot of things about it, about people, and about me. [...]

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Guarding Against Identity Theft

February 12, 2008

Occasionally when I work for a school district, I am asked to undergo a background check. That doesn’t bother me, because I’m going to be around the kids. If I were a parent of kids in that school, I’d hope that the school had made every effort to know that the performer was [...]

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Listening Skills

January 11, 2008

“Listen,” I said to my husband in a loud “stage whisper.”
And, he obeyed.
We stood in the doorway of our bedroom, hearing the sound of water pouring down the pipes in the wall as our son shaved upstairs. He shook his head and shrugged.
“It’s just the water in the exit plumbing,” he said.
“No! Our [...]

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Up A Creek Without A Paddle

September 19, 2007

Technically, I did have a paddle on the day I’m telling you about. And, I wasn’t quite up a creek.
My Momma and Daddy had decided to take their party boat, the “Digger O’Dell,” out on the lake and had invited several other couples to go along. Though my sister and I were invited, [...]

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The “Doodlebug Caper”

September 9, 2007

I was not surprised to see that the “Roly Poly Sandwich Shop” in our town didn’t stay in business very long. With a name like “Roly Poly?” For many people that brings to mind the word “fat,” and in a society with severe phatphobia, few people would have the self-confidence to walk in [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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