The time has come. Time for our big road trip I’ve been planning since my mom’s 87th birthday the week of Christmas. Me, my mom, and my sister, Laura. I’m flying out to Abilene this coming Tuesday to my mom’s. I booked the one way ticket about four weeks ago for only $69.00! Can [...]
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Tom has a way. I don’t know what it is, although I should by now, but somehow he’s a live, walking advertisement for costing and/or spending money. Credit card companies love him! He always has a deal going. Always. And it always involves spending very little or no cash. Yet, being that it’s Tom, it [...]
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I’m switchin’ ears. At least, I’m trying to. You see . . . you hear . . . the visit to medical specialist #18 in my life – the ENT doctor (plus audiologist) Friday resulted in the finding of the newest and latest diabetically caused health problem, which is that I have a serious [...]
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I need a Joseph. An interpreter of dreams. Any volunteers? I’ve had dreams for years and years – often – in which I’m in some sort of stressful situation and am trying to call home and/or for help. Here’s the kicker. I can never properly dial (well, these days, punch) the numbers to connect [...]
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I found out late last night that I’ve been named one of three finalists in the "Best Blog by a Female Blogger" category in the TheoBloggers’ Best Christian Blogs contest currently running. I was very surprised, to say the least. I’ve been here at "Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles" now for over four years [...]
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The news from my doctor wasn’t good yesterday, so today I bought geraniums. I’ve only had the traditional bright red geraniums once before several years ago and I came to love them dearly. My plants grew and grew and bloomed and bloomed all through the spring, summer and long after. By mid-winter that year, none [...]
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Just read online at NOLA.com (New Orleans, LA) that PETA is wanting Louisiana’s governor, Bobby Jindal, to turn a bankrupt poultry processing plant into a "Chicken Empathy Museum" because chickens are smart and have feelings, too. So, now you can feel guilty every time you eat good ol’ Southern fried chicken or boil an egg, [...]
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Dee Andrews, Esq.
Attorney, Former Journalist, Author
South Mississippi