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Commencing
Today I’m watching my oldest child don her cap and gown. She’s complaining about how unattractive they are. She finds the tassel amusing. “I should have unwrapped this thing a week ago, and hung it up so the wrinkles wou… -
Reflecting
Poetic Asides Poem-A-Day Challenge – Day 23 Prompt:Well, today's prompt is sympathetic of the fact that time continues its marchand that things continue to change and stay the same all at once. Today's promptis to write … -
A Life of Amazing Grace
Poem-A-Day Challenge, Day 4, from the Poetic Asides blog:The thankful/tribute poem can be dedicated to a person, an inanimate object, an idea, a day of the week, etc.On Friday, April 4, 2008, my grandmother, my Mimi, gr… -
Mimi
Amazing Grace.How Sweet the Sound.I Once Was Lost.But Now I'm Found.I am Persuaded.That Nothing.Shall Seperate Me.My Chains are Gone.I've Been Set Free.Like a Flood.His Mercy Rains.Unending Love.Amazing Grace.She was th… -
Luxury Linens--The Truth and the (Pillow) Sham
Hotel bedding is the eighth wonder of the modern world. Well, maybe the eighteenth. I don’t know. But I do know that I love the crisp white sheets, the down-filled comforter, and the perfect hotel pillows. I love th… -
An Intercalary Day
Leap year is coming, an extra day—an extra chance to live for the passion that pounds in the ears and courses through the veins. With an extra day at my disposal, I’d like to think I’d escape to a lakeside cabin, or a … -
Outside of the Pages
In the lazy heat of a summer evening, I love to grab my book and head for the coffee shop. An escape from the rush of life is just what I need tonight. I’ll grab a cup of caffeine, and lose myself in the pages. But, som… -
Wringing Out the Muddy Water
The Caney River crested at Bartlesville on July 2 at 21 feet (8 feet above flood stage). I can tell you it's a strange thing to look out across a neighborhood, and find the streets under water. But now those waters have … -
Diaphanous
Definitions of transparent on the Web:crystalline: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the li… -
An Update on the Reptile Migration Adventure
I was lying in bed, minding my own business, reading a book, when Sarah shouted from the vicinity of my master bathroom: “MOM -- Come HERE!” I entered the bathroom to find her wrapped in a towel, dripping on the rug, an…
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