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the season

Memories flow when floaty music plays and you watch kids getting married… What kids you were, traipsing back up that isle, posing beside cake and fountainy arrangements with lovely silk flowers, with your hair the way you kept it, because the fancy do your mom’s friend proposed just wasn’t right. Not for now and as … Continue reading

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hearty story

My blog’s date is in the military (and faraway places) style, with the day preceding the month. I’ve tried to make it regular American, to no avail. But as Tim says, I should prefer it; it’s logical that way. Tim was in the Navy long ago, when we were first married. I’ve written another online-accepted … Continue reading

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marrymeant

We in this interesting clan of mine are letting fun be our theme this season. My cousin Lydia’s wedding last weekend, officiated by my dad, was dubbed “traditional untraditional.” Then there’s this little guy, whom you may have wondered about in an earlier picture. GORT (“Goes On Road Trips,” also a reference to The Day … Continue reading

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eventful

Getting back into my morning routine takes several cups of hot water and a few pauses for reflection. It’s been a full spate of days. What can I say better about the time spent with my hubby than this? For being a nice, breakfast-in-bed sort, I let him browse flying machines to his heart’s delight. … Continue reading

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and no ‘poo

Oh, before I write something else, I want to wish my parents a happy 53rd anniversary. (!) Their big day took place in downtown Eugene, in a church with a dome, back when women wore hats and gloves and everyone looked cute in black and white. Mom and Dad celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary the … Continue reading

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plastic bag weekend

“You just make up all the ingredients ahead of time.” Tim made this comment soon after I arose this morning. He crouched on the carpet next to his coin-collection book of silver dimes. I had just been processing out loud many elements of our weekend that I need to make happen, somehow, including lunch today … Continue reading

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