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Monday, January 9, 2017

Marriage Becomes Him

Getting to know my newest granddaughter-in-law via social media when I'd much rather know her in person, but that will come sometime, hopefully soon. Dalton is my US Army grandson stationed in Alaska, and there he met Shelby, also of the US Army. They recently got married in Boulder, Colorado... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 7, 2017

A Splenule Doesn't Seem So Bad

I want to write a new entry to my blog, really I do, but my mind won't turn loose and give me any material at all. It is being very stubborn, even to the point of headache pain and my heated cornbag isn't doing much to help. The weatherman just told us a few minutes ago that every state in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 5, 2017

It's Da Bomb

It is on everyone's tongue--white, cold, snow. It's not that there's so much of it, or that it is so deep, or so slick, or so problematic. It is just so dang beautiful....until it is not beautiful any longer. It brings out the child in us, until we are tired of it. Then it brings out the crotchety... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Tome Zone

I haven't written a haiku since November of last year, nor a poem since I don't know when. I think that my thinking has betrayed me, my creativity shriveled into a non-productive, rotten walnut of a thing. It is amazing to me that my fingers still can fly over the keyboard without even thinking... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Potpourri Of Thoughts

Note from Son #2 in Florida this morning: "I had the CT scan this morning. They will have the results sent to my doctor within 24 hours. So we will continue to pray and wait for a phone call from the doctor's office to schedule the next appointment and discuss the findings. I am at peace with... Sign in to see full entry.

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