Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

Or, Revenge of the Wrongfully Accused Actually, there may have been another reason or two why the hot dog plaintiff lawyer on the Mississippi Gulf Coast called me the "dragon lady" other than the fact that I refused to fork over policy limits on every insured the first time he came calling about his client [...]

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Or, How I Became the Dragon Lady Don’t know how many of you have ever been to New Orleans during Mardi Gras season. It lasts from 12th night, January 6, when area bakeries start selling "King Cakes" until Mardi Gras day (Fat Tuesday), the day before Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent), some 40 days before [...]

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[Note: I found this piece the other day that I wrote years ago when I was in college, a good while before Tom and I were married, but it's just as applicable today. Tom certainly hasn't changed, anyway, nor have the other guys I talk about. What do you think about the premise?] The true [...]

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[Note: Last post I entered a challenge to see who all can figure out what "mystery" job I held for 2+ years after college graduation, but so far no one has succeeded. The contest is still open with prizes for all who come up with the correct answer before I write about it soon. This [...]

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Back several weeks ago, now, in “You’d Think I’d Have It Made,” I mentioned some of my “previous” lives and promised to write more about them later. In that post and several others, I told you some about my experiences working for a small town newspaper as the Community Editor and journalist. Today, I’m going [...]

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Last Friday, when I was seeing the doctor about my foot, I was (I thought) my usual calm, collected, analytic self in talking with him about the continuing bad ulcerated place on my left foot. You can ask anyone who knows me (including my beloved Tom) and they will tell you that I very rarely, [...]

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