It’s been years now since I first opened my facebook account. It was so much fun, that initial phase of discovering friends and family over the Internet, people I haven’t seen or heard from in years, that it seemed to be an almost personal website. I couldn’t believe it! I could share pictures, stories, quotes, thoughts, ideas; whatever I wanted,…
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Setting Myself Free
Wisconsin
Sometimes words are not necessary.
The Sweetness of Life
I was watching Eat, Pray, Love again the other night for the 1,055th time (the book was way better…obviously… :0) and the sweetness of doing nothing really grabbed my attention this time. Luca Spaghetti was right- we Americans don’t know how to relax! Why is that? Why is it I believe I have to earn a break in order to…
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Depression Era Cake
It seems that celebrations of one sort or another are always happening around here, and there is no exception with the summer months. I’m pretty sure if we didn’t have so many birthdays to celebrate, we’d find another reason to get together and eat CAKE! One of our younger grandchildren, Charlie, who also just had a birthday- BIG #6 (yep!…
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A Little Box of Sunshine
Last year when I was going through the most difficult time in my life, one of my dearest friends and her lovely daughter, hand-delivered a little box of sunshine to me, one evening. I cannot tell you how much this simple gesture meant, and with perfect timing. It was a JOY to receive! It wasn’t only the yellow themed box and…
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