At the risk of waxing sentimental and, to some extent tooting my own horn, I am moved today by the concept of mothering. As I write this, California remains on fire. Not only are houses de...
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I had to work yesterday (Saturday, Labor Day weekend, no less!). I had to travel an hour's drive north to interview some kids in need. As I often do, I wrangled V to go with me and "meande...
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It is cliche to talk about stepping on Legos with bare feet. Those of us who have young children or grandchildren know how excruciating that can be. I have no little people in my ...
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I feel wistful. At age 68, I am now truly an orphan. My parents have been gone several years now, my father-in-law, too. This left my mother-in-law to reside next door to me, in her own li...
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I have a brand-new sewing machine! Truthfully, it is about three years old. About a year after purchase I splurged on a nifty sewing machine case on rollers. So, we progressed from having...
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C and V, age 4 We've missed blogging and all our blogging friends. C still works at her law office, too hard but loves it! As for V, well she is blessed with a whole cadre of grandchil...
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My, hasn't there been controversy lately? V and I have lamented that we know we are getting old because the world seems so very strange--topsy turvey, even. V is in a twit (Is that a word? ...
http://stickhorsecowgirls.blogspot.com/2015/07/c-and-thats-what-its-all-about.html
Until the last five or so years (coinciding with husband's departure), my house was the Christmas gathering point beginning with Christmas Eve where every child under 18 received their Christ...
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The holidays are fast approaching and I am not ready! Mentally I am ready, but physically-- no way! I don't even have a shopping list yet and there is so much...
http://stickhorsecowgirls.blogspot.com/2014/11/cowgirl-v-storms-of-life.html
Today, (February 17) would have been my dad’s 92nd birthday. I can hardly believe he’s been gone over 20 years. Seems like yesterday I last heard his voice, saw his face. Time assu...
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I heard a great sermon Sunday. It was about the story of the rich, young ruler. The point of the story, my pastor said, was not just about “rich” folks—it applies to us all. We all h...
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What is it about me that makes random folks just want to tell me their troubles? Probably I ask for it. I am very interested in people. You’d think, being a divorce lawyer for over thirty...
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I love words. As a part of that interest, I love to consider regional differences in language. In my next life, I think I’ll be a linguist. This morning brought a discussion/disagreement...
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I am a cynic about “true love,” doubting that it exists—at least in the sappy-movie sense. The only “true love,” I sometimes say, is that of the Creator for His Creation. We humans...
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I am a baby-boomer/sixties-to-eighties-rock-lovin’ old person. I am sitting at the computer listening to my Pandora “Dire Straits” Station. (I have an opera station, too, so don’t ju...
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Jo and Jim did not have a perfect marriage, but it was a good one, Jo thought. They had been married 26 years and had two beautiful college-student daughters still at home. Each had worked with ...
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Back in 1999 my Son was graduating from high school. He had a long-standing desire to visit Israel, and we decided to spring for a two-week family visit to celebrate his achievement. We di...
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I mean, Merriam-Webster defines tradition as: a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that has been used by the people in a particular group, family, society, etc., for a long time S...
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A couple days ago Son was in the car with me. We had both had a tough day and decided that we “deserved” a Starbuck’s treat. This something I do not do very often, and after I had plac...
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Yesterday I had occasion to be in a part of town I rarely visit. I noticed that Wal-Mart had put in a “Neighborhood Market.” Wanting to grab our Thanksgiving turkey and ham, I decided to...
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So, it had been a hard week; hard enough that my little car did not move all day Saturday. I just stayed home, piddling around the house. When we left for church Sunday morning, I found my p...
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Does it seem trite to write about the season, autumn? Today I am feeling very grateful for the season. It is brisk and beautiful out, and it caused me to stop and think about what I love abo...
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Okay, boys and girls, here is your vocab word for the day: > CONSANGUINITY: > > KINSHIP CHARACTERIZED BY THE SHARING OF COMMON ANCESTORS I learned this fancy word in law school.�...
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This video has so much to say.... TECHNOLOGY. It is supposed to ease our workload--it makes me accessible to clients 7 days a week unless I use restraint. Call that "easier?" Nope. TEC...
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Well, we're at about a week and a half since Secretary of State Kerry all but declared an operation of "limited" intervention against Syria, only to have the President publicly do a trajectory...
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