Visiting with the Crow and Big Al yesterday, I once again found myself swirling in a pool of confusion. A humorous pool of confusion, which kind of makes it bearable. Let's start with Big Al's prescription filling service. I find it easiest if I drop my father’s empty prescription bottles off at the pharmacy and then go pick …
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Pearls of Wisdom – Starting the Dialogue with your Aging Parents: Subject Gratitude
Starting the Dialogue with your Aging Parents: Subject Gratitude. Anyone with aging parents or other family members will get a great deal of support information from the Starting the Dialogue Blog (hey that rhymes). Anyway, the point is - keeping people positive and grateful is important regardless of age, but age has its ways of trying …
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I Coulda Beena Contenda- but She Actually is One
My daughter stayed home sick yesterday with a cough and scratchy throat. She is pretty tough as sixth grade girls go, so when she does complain that she’s not well I take it seriously. My husband, upon getting home from work, suggested that Julia get ready for basketball practice that evening. I began to protest, …
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In Honor of Valentines and My Parents, a Love Story
I know this is a little late for Valentine’s Day, but it is a love story nonetheless.My father, the Old Man, has been taken out of his home by stretcher twice and my mother, the Crow, has been taken out once in the last three weeks. Thankfully they will be fine, but both have a …
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No Offense Intended, but I will be Strong
I have been thinking a lot about ideas for my next blog post. Funny how things fall right into your lap. This past week has been full. I've been editing the book, A Girl from the Hill . After my friend Lisa took the time to edit and proof the manuscript, my mother-in-law has kindly taken …
Today’s Pictures: A Pretty Girl and Her Lasagna Sweater
I originally wanted to use this picture of my mother graduating junior high school as the cover for the book A Girl from the Hill. But technically it's too small to use - if expanded it will lose its focus and become blurry. I may use a group shot from my mother's class pic with …
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Beautiful Sadness
As I commented on the Red Tree Times blog post, I always equate 19th century photography with horrendous civil war victims or cowboys without smiles. But take a look. The real beauty of this image is that it portrays both beauty and sadness simultaneously. Similar thoughts went through my mind after scanning some 20th century pictures …
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