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Heart-shaped eats
My husband and I met and married when a popular TV ad showed a newlywed couple readying for bed, the husband taking Alka Seltzer in the foreground while the wife reclined in delusional triumph in the background for having prepared a heart-shaped meatloaf for...
Just Walk Away
Unkindness hurts and does not often fade without shards in the heart. Boundaries are important - critical. We must never allow others to abuse us when we are open and vulnerable. We must not continually walk back into battles that will never go away. We must...
House Guests # 2
We had an awesome 1 1/2 weeks with a BFF who came to stay with us recently from Michigan. She observes my #1 House Guest Rule: do not hurt your host, my husband. She wouldn't, for she was married to his BFF from high school. She shares Midwestern values of hospitality...
Fame
The Beatles came to America for my birthday, many years ago. They didn't know it, but I did. That is the way of Fame - no thought for my existence. George Harrison famously asserted that the Beatles didn't want to be famous - they wanted to be successful. That is an...
Chains and change
Endeavor
My husband took me and house guests on an LA field trip the other day. We went to see the Endeavor. Awesome, cherished, and embraced as embodiment of American know-how and fundamental sharing - what a spectacular vehicle to view up close and personal. In its new home...
Recess Reminiscence
Ri-i-i-ing! It’s the school recess bell! The black-topped fare of jump rope awaits! It’s a passionate exercise for girls who are not allowed to climb the jungle gym to burn off energy from morning math and reading. It’s the day of the dress or skirt worn to ‘be a...
All’s fair in love and war
House Guest #1
Tis the time of year when the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Jet Stream partner up and give the USA some brutal weather. While we Californians covered our citrus, shivered despite wool sweaters, and bought new boots, residents of 45 states to the east took it a little...
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