Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

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Entries from June 30th, 2008

The Difference Between Bloggers & Newspaper Journalists or What I Learned at the Mississippi Press Association Convention

June 30th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Blogging, Humor, Katrina, Tom & Me, Tom's Family

We’re back home from the Mississippi Press Association’s summer convention and had a blast!  We went over to Biloxi to the lovely Beau Rivage early Thursday morning and got home yesterday (Sunday) afternoon about 2:30 p.m.  We met and visited with a lot of our newspaper friends, ate lots of really good food and even [...]

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Thoughts to Leave You With

June 25th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized

We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer. The only profitable relationship to others – and especially to our weaker brethren – is one of love, and that means the will to hold fellowship with them. [...]

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Enough of That . . .

June 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

There’s just so much one can take of noble Brits, after all.  (See yesterday’s post.) I have no idea what to post about today . . . so . . . what’s on your mind? If you’re a blogger, what did you post about today?  (Or what would you post today if you posted?) Sometimes, [...]

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You Can Call Me Marigold – Lady Marigold

June 23rd, 2008 · 14 Comments · Humor, Tests & Quizes

Your Noble British Name Is: Lady Marigold Audrey Quaife What’s Your Noble British Name?  Over the weekend, I found this neat website where you take all of these short blog "tests" for fun, so started trying some of them out.  I thought this one was really cool!  TRY IT just for fun. All you have [...]

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Keeping Track of Time

June 19th, 2008 · 15 Comments · Reflections, Uncategorized

I took my watch off the other day to take a shower and wash my hair and forgot to immediately put it back on.  I felt totally lost in an odd sort of way.  It felt sort of like being sound asleep where there is no time, but I was wide awake – well, as [...]

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I Use My Good Dishes . . . Every Day

June 16th, 2008 · 12 Comments · Creating A Home, Perspective, Reflections, Tom & Me, Uncategorized

There comes a time in life, and I’ve arrived there, when "saving" good things – the best, whatever it is – for "company" seems to be a loss of the lovely for each and every day.   The one we’re living now. I did not come to this realization on my own.   As with most [...]

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Thunder is Rumbling . . .

June 11th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Reflections, Tom & Me, Uncategorized

It’s about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon and cloudy, with very rumbly thunder.  I sure hope it rains. It’s been very hot the past couple of weeks, but dry (although the humidity is high, of course), which is very unusual for south Mississippi this time of year.  Some afternoons you see a few clouds pop up, [...]

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