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Christmas in the Pearl - Monday, December 10th 2007 5:21 AM
This was a Christmas photo posted locally a few years ago here in Portland when we actually had a dusting of snow right around the holiday.  I like putting it here on my...
For Kaitlin - Saturday, April 21st 2007 7:45 PM
The moon in the skyholds special magic formy baby girl.She points her dimpled fingerheavenwardand says"Moon!"as if it is her long-lost friend.Maybe it is."I love you,...
Dedicated to Little Clayton - Wednesday, March 21st 2007 1:00 AM
March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day.  I want to dedicate this particular blog entry to little Clayton, the first grandson of my friend Karen who was born a few months ago...
There was a little girl... - Thursday, March 1st 2007 5:52 PM
I can't remember what I was watching on TV this afternoon while my grandson was napping --  something about child abuse --  but it triggered off a memory, something...
Doin' the Dishes - Friday, February 23rd 2007 6:41 PM
Is it regional vernacular?  I dunno, but I've never said "I'm going to go wash the dishes."  My mom, a native New Englander, used to always say, "I'm going to go do...
Grandma and Dylan take a walk - Wednesday, February 21st 2007 6:53 PM
This is not me.  And this isn't Dylan.  But I came across this photo early this morning when I was looking for grandmother/grandson graphics and fell in love with...
Voices from the Grave - Monday, February 19th 2007 6:57 PM
I got an email from a friend of mine recently.  She and her family have been clearing out lifelong belongings of theirs from a house that's going to be demolished in the...
If you have a good book to read, you'll never be lonely. -- My Mother - Sunday, February 11th 2007 3:52 PM
Yesterday Dear Hubby happened to turn on the movie, "Jeremiah Johnson" that starred Robert Redford back in the 1970s.  I said to him, "You know, the book that movie's...
- Saturday, February 10th 2007 7:55 PM
Our little grandson spent the nite with us last nite while our son and daughter-in-law went with some friends to Dallas, Oregon.  Our daughter-in-law stopped by around...
If I only knew THEN what I know NOW! - Wednesday, February 7th 2007 7:28 PM
I'm adding this up here after I pasted and typed in the answers to this meme and, in hindsight, I wonder why I felt the urge to do it, ha!  As you read my answers, you'll...
Rules I Live By - Sunday, February 4th 2007 10:08 AM
I dare to be different.I see the world thru my owneyes.I do not wearrose-colored glasses.I am not much affectedby what othersthinkof me.I am ruled by my ownthoughtsand the...
Dylan at 10 months - Friday, February 2nd 2007 6:52 PM
He has 8 teeth and is in the midst of teething more.  Golden wisps of hair.  Piercing brown eyes.  He's able to climb unassisted onto the couch.  He's...
You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's all right. -- Maya Angelou - Tuesday, January 16th 2007 6:05 PM
I was watching an episode of "Buy Me" on HGTV this afternoon, one I'd taped on our DVR recently.  This particular episode dealt with an elderly couple, both of them 84...
13 Things I Like about being 53 - Thursday, December 28th 2006 5:31 PM
OK...tomorrow is my 53rd birthday.  That's one thing I've never been shy about sharing, my true age.  So why not tell you what I like about it? 1.   I am...
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterwards. -- Spanish Proverb - Tuesday, December 26th 2006 5:57 PM
A few miles northeast of Madras, Oregon, there is a beautiful knoll that looks eastward to a small mountain range.  There is a big juniper tree nestled on the top of it,...
SOMEONE was 6 months old yesterday! - Friday, September 15th 2006 6:00 PM
The Light of our Lives
Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. -- Chili Davis - Thursday, August 24th 2006 7:01 PM
My little grandson went home a couple of hours ago and all I can say is I had a lot easier time doing all this when I was 22, when I gave birth to my daughter, than I do at...
Dance is the hidden language of the soul. -- Martha Graham - Monday, August 21st 2006 7:29 PM
Somewhere on the inside of this aging body is the soul of a dancer.  I had a little friend named Annie when I was around four years old and her parents were Austrian...
I Am - Wednesday, August 16th 2006 6:51 PM
I am not easily understoodI am a mystery, even to myselfI am honest to a faultI am very outspoken I try to be kind I have a loving soulI have inner peaceeven in the...
I wish I may, I wish I might...I wish to have this wish tonite... - Tuesday, August 15th 2006 6:46 PM
As most of you know, I take care of my little grandson Dylan during the work week.  It's usually four days each week, sometimes five.  Taking care of him is the...
I Have Learned, Volume II - Saturday, August 5th 2006 8:57 PM
Good grief.  I dunno what's wrong with me today, all these postings.  Maybe it's because I had an absolutely fantastic day to myself and I'm feeling good and I just...
I wrote a poem instead... - Sunday, July 30th 2006 6:51 PM
I tell you I am a wayfaring stranger.I tell you I listen tomelodieswritten for only meto hear.I tell you I am alone.Misinterpreted.Misunderstood. I tell you I am on a lonely...
The Handwriting on the Wall... - Monday, July 24th 2006 6:33 PM
For once in my life I found the illustration of something I wanted to use on my blog being done left-handed!    I was so intrigued by the current blog entry at...
One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few. -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh - Sunday, July 23rd 2006 6:16 PM
  For reasons unknown to me, I cannot get the link to the Christian Women Online's "In Other Words" to work on my blog this week.  If you would like to go and read...
Time Out for Grandma! - Friday, July 21st 2006 10:30 AM
  First, I'm going to streeeeeettttttccccccchhhh! And then I'm going to streeeeeeettttttchhhhh again! And then I'm going to go grab one of my favorite Gladys Taber...