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Entries from March 9th, 2009

Letter Writers & Letter Keepers

March 9th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Friends, Reflections

  I have every letter my sister has ever written me. I consider them to be a vast treasure of memories, creative writing, poetry, humorous renditions of the stories of her life and and deep insights into her evolving personality and character through the years as she grew from a child of 11 into a [...]

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The Human Predicament

March 6th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Health, Humor, Inspirational, Medical, Philosophical, Reflections

I’m in a BIG mess today.  Actually, I’ve been in a mess all week since turning over a new year’s page in my life on Monday.  I felt bad all day (another year older, comes to mind) and took a long nap Monday afternoon in Tom’s recliner.  No big celebration for us for my birthday, [...]

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The 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words

March 4th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Humor, Philosophical, Tests & Quizes

Okay.  Today I have a test for all of you, my brilliant and well spoken friends.  Many of you, if not most, use words in a myriad of ways to make a living.   Some of you are journalists, some attorneys, some ministers (or ex-Revs, as in the case of Greg England & Ben Overby), [...]

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March 2, 1836 & Today

March 2nd, 2009 · 8 Comments · Blogging, Historical, Perspective, Philosophical, Tom & Me, Uncategorized

I was born on March 2.   And Tom & I married on March 2. So, today is a significant date for us for those reasons. Today is also a significant date for me as a Texan and for several million people, or at least it should be, in the great state of Texas.  You [...]

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