Out Of Synch

August 15, 2010

Yesterday, I awoke with a feeling of foreboding. Does that ever happen to any of y’all? Nothing seemed quite right. All I wanted to do was pull the covers over my head … but it was too dadgum hot to do that. Dreading the triple digit heat we expected, my husband told me to think [...]

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Nuts And Bolts Of Love

July 15, 2010

Hypochondria is a gift passed through the generations. Being a perfectionist, I have developed it to a high art form. My husband knew this going into the deal, and he still took me “for better or worse, in sickness and health, et cetera.” That’s true love, y’all. A summer cold broadsided me on Saturday. I [...]

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Vandals Run Amok

June 29, 2010

Yes, there are vandals in our neighborhood. Not members of an East Germanic tribe … teenagers (I suppose) with no curfew and a mischievous streak (I hope). When Mr. Tucker sauntered out the door on the way to work, this is the sight that greeted him. Actually, that image does not do it justice. Someone [...]

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It’s Your Choice. Only The Good Friday.

June 12, 2009

For Only The Good Friday, I’m working on some “affirmations.” It didn’t start out as a good, day–so I’m having to work at reminding myself. That’s the point of this “optimism virus” that I’m trying to spread on the internet. Staying positive and being optimistic is not a natural trait for all of us. We [...]

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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 had been [...]

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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. I’m one of [...]

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Stands With A Fist

December 6, 2007

For my friend Cathy, She is “like an old lover who refuses to fade into the past.” She sits on the couch and whispers to Cathy in a soft voice. That’s not how She is with me. She‘s like a Blue Norther (a weather experience that any Texan knows) swooping down unexpectedly. Oh, you know [...]

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