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Monday Musings
Whether you are circling in a perpetual-winter or fortunate enough to see wild flowers blooming, “it’s a good day to have a good day”! Mondays always feel like a fresh beginning, regardless of weather.
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10 at the End – February
Happy Friday! There are 52 Fridays in 2025. Today is #9! Today’s post: February gratitude.
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Dallas Blooms!
Texas Tuesday! My daughter who worked in Dallas for a year said we had to attend Dallas Blooms at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. People at her office raved about its beauty. How could I say no to that invitation?!
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You’re Middle Age When…Searching for Spectacles
You are middle age when… while searching for your reading glasses, you look like a third-base MLB coach giving signals! Tapping pants pockets, your shirt, your head… even your ears, looking for where you left them!
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Pacific Coast-California Dreaming
You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves. Psalm 89:9 Wordless Wednesday Newport Beach, California-photos courtesy of my daughter who recently traveled there for work.
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Ripped and Well-Worn for $128
I like clothes shopping. My oldest daughter and I firmly believe that a couple hours amid pretty things is a great way to decompress and lift our mood. This is especially true when the skies are 10-days of gray, accompanied by weeks of below freezing temperatures. The last time my…
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Skiing Whiteface Mountain
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, Your justice like the ocean depths. Psalm 36:6 Wordless Wednesday Lake Placid/Wilmington, New York-site of 1980 Winter Olympics alpine skiing.
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Actually, It Was My First Rodeo!
One of the highlights of the rodeo (and Texas-at-large) is their patriotism and reverence for our military. Texas state pride is virtually unmatched from what I’ve read and personally experienced.
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Mom, I Wish I Knew You Young
When I was out of town, my son and his fiancée stopped at the house to pick up old family videos. I’m sure they thought it would be fun to see my son as a toddler, running the coastline in a swim diaper while on vacation. Before I could even…
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Happy National Golden Retriever Day🐾
In early December, I shared about Maverick, the Australian Shepard my youngest (Texas) daughter brought home one year ago. In November, one year after Maverick joined the family, my son and his fiancée brought home a Golden Retriever! Love or hate us, we are New York Yankees fans, and that’s…
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10 At the End – January Gratitude
This is a list of 10 things I’m thankful to have enjoyed or accomplished in month one of 2025. The list below is less exciting than what I expected to share at the outset of this month. I was sidelined a bit with my back leading to more reading, less…
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