From The Past

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Friday, August 9, 2013

Things Change

I grew up in this spot on the map. It is now a vacant lot in the middle of what some call "the inner-city decay". At the time we first lived there, our yard and gardens took up the place of the house on the right, what is now an empty lot, again, on the left. Straight back where you can see part of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Back Then vs Now

We used to have contests to see who could find the most. We would beg a Ball fruit jar for each of us from mom to hold our bounty. After they were counted and the winner declared, we would do other things with them. We would decorate our hair braids with our catch. We would make bracelets by cutting... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

If ever I had an all-time, number-one favorite actor, this fellow was it: Look at those eyes. His voice was great. His smile was to die for. Some of my favorite movies in which he starred were: For Whom The Bell Tolls The Fountainhead High Noon Friendly Persuasion The Hanging Tree Favorite Quote:... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 7, 2013

Life's Continual Journey

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~ Robert Lewis Stevenson I wonder. I wonder how many graduations I have attended in my 75 years....besides my own. I think that every one of them have played Pomp and Circumstance for the marching graduates, except for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 17, 2013

My MIL's Enna Jetticks

My Mom never wore granny shoes. She loved fashion and even as an octogenarian, she managed to buy comfortable shoes that were fashionable and pretty. On the other hand, I never knew my Mother-in-Law to be without them. Of course she had several pairs, but they were all exactly the same. She never... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Aztec Running Food

I'm not a cookbook cook. I've never really used recipes. I throw things together by the handful or pinch, or eyeball it. Sometimes things are not so great, but most of the time I have a pretty good handle on what I'm trying to do. On this dreary, damp, drizzly day, I did something right. What I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Better Than Eating

"[Man] is supposed to love happiness; it is my contention that he rather loves excitement. Danger, enterprise, hope, the novel, the aleatory, are dearer to man than regular meals." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson, The Day After Tomorrow, 1866 How true it is (the above quote). I have lived my whole life... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Down Into The Past

The Carboniferous Forest of prehistoric times was likely a flooded forest containing primitive plant species, such as this artwork from one of the scientific sites on the Internet. I'm afraid I can't find the specific site any longer. I copied the painting a time back to our family FB site because... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Apparently...

At sometime in the recent past, someone had a pair of boots......a pair of boots that were his favorites...a pair of boots that took him places he liked to go...a pair of boots that won him races, made him boogie, made him feel like a king. Apparently at sometime in the recent past the female in his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

On Being Entertained

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice." So begins a book I keep on hand to carry me away to a world of multifarious incidents, people and tidbits, that forever entertain. It is a... Sign in to see full entry.

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