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Look! Look!

“Look, kids! Wake up and look over there, because I can’t; I’m driving.” Children drowsy during a four-day, 2000-mile cross country car trip are usually a godsend. Less squabbling. Less toy throwing. Less name calling. But as we neared Pikes … Continue reading

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Why ‘Affordable Housing’ Fails

“Many cities spent millions from 2000 to 2008 without building a single unit.”  Amazing what reading local newspapers while on vacation can unearth! While I acknowledge the enforcement conundrum on contractors, what I still disagree with in municipal affordable housing … Continue reading

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Computer Backup Hell

My new HP i7 laptop screen died at 2 months old. I’d purchased a 3-year service contract with Fry’s Electronics – including a loaner – so I didn’t worry too much about it. But I did call Fry’s to see … Continue reading

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In Search of Nectar

I was uncomfortable, frozen in a not quite upright position, but I had to remain unnoticed. I was standing up after examining a recently pruned lower limb on my Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis). The buzz of wings alerted me to … Continue reading

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Fake Cowgirl

Recently a friend proposed moving to another city to be with her boyfriend…she owns a beautifully-appointed condo here… incredibly artistic, refreshing and relaxing. It’s a spiritual experience to be welcomed into her home. He’s a sweet, gentle guy. When she … Continue reading

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One Things that Changed My Life

Chance encounters often turn out to be important…as do comments made by friends, or observations in the presence of others, a line in a book, a title of a book you haven’t read, a chance compliment, mistaken identity, a job … Continue reading

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Ghost Gifts

The week before my birthday, I looked up and said, Mom, I’m expecting that $20 you always put in a birthday card for me to appear somewhere. I know it will. I told my friend Ruth about that and missing … Continue reading

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Birthday Pain

This birthday is a bit sad for me. It’s my first birthday without a mom. While my own mother died a month before my birthday last year, organizing her funeral, getting the family together, traveling to Texas and bringing home … Continue reading

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Missing Thereness

As I drifted to sleep last night, a voice brought me back to this plane. “I miss my mom!” Ellen cried out her pent-up loss. “I know, Sweetie. I know.” I patted her and handed her a couple tissues, dutifully … Continue reading

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Awaiting Profundity

I’ve delayed posting, hoping to find a neat, poetic way to tie up the major events of this last year. It’s been about letting people die, helping people die, and honoring people who die. In April, my mother died. I’d … Continue reading

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