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Posted on Monday, August 27, 2012 10:31 AM
Last week I took the chicken out to thaw. And the ribs. I cooked everything in the freezer, then I took down the pictures and began packing up the house. The Sims family is headed to Virginia. Spending a year in south Florida has been like having a long beach vacation. Imagine after almost a decade in the northeast, having thirteen months without winter! And here's a fact for you: South Florida winter is warmer than Vermont spring. |
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Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:22 AM
I am at a loss for words to describe how I felt last weekend when Captain Fun and I (with Hope in tow) traveled to the USMA at West Point for Matthew's long anticipated A Day. But here's the best list I could come up with. Moved. When the band played and the companies marched, I thought of my dad and how proud he would be. He was a Navy man, and he loved the military. For someone who never attended high school, it opened up the world to him. |
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Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:41 AM
Today's Third Thursday Blog Hop at Hearts at Home ( www.hearts-at-home.org) is all about connecting with family. I can easily and justifiably say that I am outnumbered (I am!) and cannot possibly keep my family connected. But several years ago, I did find a way. It is extreme, but it has enabled me to connect with my kids for years: I developed an alter-ego: Mrs Horseshack. (And let me add that I was saddened to hear that Ron Pallilo, the inspiration for my other side, passed away just this week. |
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Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:41 AM
"I am President of the Monday Morning Club," my mother once told me. I didn't get it then. Doesn't everyone hate Mondays? But now I understand--she (herself a mother of eight) relished the back to school season when everybody left on Monday mornings. Going through an old journal this week, I came across this poem I wrote ten years ago, shortly after her death. Don't take it too seriously. I do love summer--why, we were all in a friend's pool just this morning. |
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