Tag Archives: Friendship

Remembering Kathy

Today (December 1)  is Kathy’s birthday.  I often think of her and always on this day. Long ago, Kathy died five months before her twenty-fifth birthday.  She is eternally young in my mind, but even if she were here today, … Continue reading

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Relax!

Here’s a photograph I took on a recent visit to South Carolina. Can’t you just imagine yourself relaxing in this hammock with a cool drink and a book? I didn’t try it myself, because I probably would have spilled my … Continue reading

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Swept Away

Periodically, floods sweep through Kansas City.  In early June, 2010, five feet of water surged into the hair salon where I’ve been going for more than fifteen years, destroying it.  It destroyed more than furniture and equipment. It wrecked a home.  … Continue reading

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Ode to a McIntosh Apple

   I grasp your smooth curves eagerly between my trembling fingers.  Your skin is so brilliantly green, blushed with bright red. You minx, how you tease me with your beauty, with the promise of your juicy sweetness.  Are you ripe? I hold … Continue reading

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Dancing Words

My friend Sandy is an artist. I always enjoy her take on her experiences at the art shows and fairs she visits in Kansas City.  Click here to read her post “Fall Back” on her blog “Dancing Words”. Be sure to … Continue reading

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Teacher/Blogger at Work

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Earth Day 2009

This black swallowtail butterfly visited my garden.  Now he’s featured in my Zazzle store.  This is one of my first posts on this blog, first published April 19, 2008.  I’m re-cycling it, in honor of Earth Day on April 22.   It is … Continue reading

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Loving Kindness

The Gift Of Metta – Loving Kindness – Pass It On My friend Sandy always finds very soothing and peaceful videos and passes them on. Here’s the latest one. Sandy is “Thinking Out Loud” on my blogroll. This video has … Continue reading

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Starry, Starry Night

It was almost midnight when we arrived at Macquarie Lighthouse in Sydney for the second time.  In the afternoon, we’d come as tourists to this spot, checked it off our list and hadn’t planned to return. “We’ve lived here for decades and … Continue reading

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Bushwalking Down Under

Gone bushwalking Down Under.  See you again on February 8th!  Don’t miss the “Come to Australia!” in the video below. If you want to check out any of my fascinating older posts, be sure to click on the headline to … Continue reading

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