From The Past

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The Day Son Bought A Carabao - Part the Second

Evelyn and Mark became fast friends even though he made it clear to her that he was not interested in marriage as her father was hoping. He was honest with her about his "having a girl in every port"--one in Hong Kong, one in South Korea, one in Thailand... He told her how he had joined the Navy on... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 11, 2016

The Day Son Bought A Carabao

They say things are different now--thirty years later. The first time the USS Blue Ridge, LCC-19, pulled into Subic Bay, The Philippines, with Son #1 aboard, he was not quite sure what to expect. One could tell he was a bit nervous only by the chewing of his fingernails when he was not standing at... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 31, 2015

2016

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The Orange Fight

I'll never forget the battle of the oranges. It wasn't little boys my age (5 at the time) fighting over oranges, it was grown men, the pastor and deacons in fact, in a moment of childish behavior, on an evening of worship and celebration gone wrong....that ended right. Other than at Christmastime... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 7, 2015

As I Remember It (A Repost)

She's been gone now for eleven years, but it seems like yesterday that I drove down with her to the County Seat in the Ozark country for moral support as she had to answer a subpoena for a case of Alienation of Affection and she was a bit nervous about the whole thing. It all began back in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Lost Loved Ones

Never in my memories will I lose them, never in my love, my prayers, my hopes and dreams that we might meet again before my time on this earth is o'er. But it seems that I have lost them in life's reality and tangibility. I have lost them because they do not want to be found. I have lost them... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Eleven And A Half Years Doesn't Change A Thing

I didn't really know what I was doing when I joined Blogit. I guess I still don't because my graph's pie slices are still about the same: Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 22, 2015

"My Oklahoma Hills"

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Monday, May 25, 2015

The Reason I Gave Up Bike Riding

In the years before we were a two-car family, I often would drive my husband to work so that I could have the car for the day. Of course that meant I had to also go get him when work was over for the day. That seemed a bit of a drag to me. It also was not conducive to any kind of aerobic exercise... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 23, 2015

May Nuptuals

May 23, 1958 - I don't know why I chose the Month of May for our wedding fifty-seven years ago. I had always heard that May was an unlucky month for marrying--that it would not last. I thought we would beat the odds. So our lovely church wedding was set for eight days before the Month of June, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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