Saturday, November 21, 2015
Confusing Situation
Normally I don't worry about this--I just go by how I feel, and I feel good about it. But, after all these years, 25 of them, I would like to know how to properly address a couple of people. When I introduce Melissa and her husband Chris, if I introduce them as my daughter-in-law and her husband,...
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Friday, November 20, 2015
Technology, BAH Humbug!
Well, on this cold, cloudy, gray day, I'm back to Blogit. It seems like I've been gone forever, and it's only been since sometime on the morning of the 16th. Funny how one gets used to checking into Blogit. That big windstorm that we had here apparently damaged my computer modem in some way....not...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Just Keep Moving
The paternoster keeps running, its loop moving slowly up and down without stopping, without waiting for the timid to step on or off. The two-person, gate-less box compartments invite the brave, or the practiced ones, to take their turn, anytime without hesitation. In spite of a high risk of...
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Monday, November 16, 2015
Le Freshly-Diapered Derrière
As a new mother in the early 1960's, I had four preschool boys at the same time. Stair steps they were. It was the days of birdseye diapers that I washed in a Maytag wringer washing machine. I was very thankful though to have a dryer so that I didn't have to cart them out to the clothesline. With...
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Friday, November 13, 2015
A Tale Of 50 Turkeys
I still remember the first turkey I cooked. I do believe it was Thanksgiving 1958 (maybe 1959). Not 100% sure which year it was, but I definitely remember the turkey. I told myself that I would never do it again. But, in December of 1959 we bought our big old rambling, two and a half story house,...
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