October Is My Jam Yes, it’s my birthday month. Yes, it’s the bestest weather of the entire year. Yes, I love to make soup!!! But, it’s also a hard month – ten years ago on the 27th, on a perfect October morning my mom entered her eternal rest within the gates of heaven. It is… [Read More]
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Reflections on October 2010
Yesterday I realized that there is but one week left to my favorite month of the entire year. October has been extremely memorable this year. Opening the month were my endearing moments with the ladder while Sharpshooter was away – and, cheering up a discouraged Sam. We weathered well with no lasting scars or emotional… [Read More]
Teach Me To Number My Days
It’s that time of year I get pensive, inward, quiet, reflective, meditative, and a bit disgruntled… Years ago this was my favorite week of the year – my happy birthday week – but when the five’s became sixes I didn’t like it so much! My friend, the man I work for, and I were talking… [Read More]
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I’m not sure who the experts are in the autumn ranking field but “they” have given Fall 2011 a ranking of nine in a range of one to ten. I won’t argue. The colors began peaking the weekend of the 8th and this past weekend wasn’t too shabby either. Another rainfall with wind will most… [Read More]
on turning sixty (6-0)!
October 14, 2010 ♫ Happy Birthday to me ♫ Today had a surreality to it. Sixty years ago today, on a Saturday, I came into the world. Backside first and folded in half, all nine pounds of me. My poor mother! In all seriousness, she almost lost her life giving birth to me and I… [Read More]