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Uncle Doug
My Uncle Doug passed away over the weekend. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that he’s gone. I’m finding that one problem with getting older is that more and more I have to say goodbye to… Continue reading
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Childish Fears
Recently a family in a neighboring town lost everything in an early morning house fire, and I was reminded of one of my childhood fears. I spent a not insignificant portion of my childhood thinking about something that lived forever… Continue reading
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Happy New Year
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. We had a nice time here. It was the first time in years that we saw Ron’s parents for Christmas. So, that was especially nice, and while his mom appreciated being up north… Continue reading
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Cake and More Cake, and Some Skiing
What have I been doing this past week? Mostly eating cake. For my birthday Ron baked and decorated me a delicious Funfetti birthday cake. This photo above doesn’t do it justice, and the colors are a little off. That orange… Continue reading
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Survived Another Week, So I’m Calling It a Win
For the better part of a week a nasty sinus infection has been kicking my butt. The good news is I now have some sweet antibiotics coursing through my system and hope to be feeling back to normal in the… Continue reading
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Holiday Memories: Mom’s Sears Boycott
These days I receive a few very random catalogs in the mail, but it’s nothing compared to the absolute glut of catalogs we received at our house when I was a kid. Still, of all those mounds of catalogs, there… Continue reading
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Thankful for Little Wins and You
I have a few new things to be thankful for this week. My short story “Hooper’s Folly” was the first place winner of the Friends of the Hunterdon County Library short story contest. Woohoo! I’m thankful to the FOHCL for… Continue reading
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A Mouse with Stockholm Syndrome (A Photo Essay)
Last week I wrote about some kittens who came in from the cold, so it seems appropriate this week to write about a mouse escaping the chilly outside temperatures. He (I’m using a male pronoun here, but honestly, I don’t… Continue reading
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The Kittens Who Came in from the Cold
When I looked outside this morning I saw there was ice on a puddle out there. So it would seem that colder weather is here, and that reminded me of another fall many moons ago when my little household suddenly… Continue reading
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Keep on Sparkling and a Cookie Recipe
Outside the fall foliage is probably a bit past its prime. There are almost as many leaves on the ground as there are on the trees, and overall the colors are not quite as vibrant as they were a week… Continue reading
Creativity and Contentment 