Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

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Entries Tagged as 'Stories'

Tom is Cooking Up Trouble – Part 2

March 19th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Humor, Stories, Tom & Me, Uncategorized

When I last wrote of Tom here, he was cooking up trouble in MY kitchen (see here) with a plethora of new small kitchen appliances, gadgets, gizmos and whatnots.  His latest purchase had been an “on sale, cheap,” in his words, 25 gallon, at least really large crock pot he thought we really needed and [...]

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Who Us? Gone Sailin’ – Part 2

November 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Humor, Perspective, Photos, Videos, Reflections, Stories, Tom & Me, Uncategorized

I ended last time with us getting to the boat to go sailing.  For one who was once a real sailor, I had somehow turned into a big scaredy cat.  Tom climbed all over the boat and around getting the lines to the pier off, getting the sails uncovered and getting those lines ready to [...]

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Who, Us? Gone Sailin’!! – Part 1

November 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Friends, Humor, Perspective, Reflections, Stories, Tom & Me, Uncategorized

I DID it!! I took the plunge Saturday and christened Tom’s sailboat – Item 7 – with my lovely presence.  I also officially christened it another way, but I’ll get to that in a minute. He’s only had the boat three years, after all.  I had to make sure he could handle it well and [...]

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“Das Boot” a/k/a “THE BOAT”

July 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Humor, Perspective, Stories, Tom & Me

I haven’t written about “THE BOAT” lately.  Oversight on my part.  Although, you have to admit there’s been a whole lot of other activity going on in our lives.  Like Tom’s 5 heart-bypasses March 31 and recovery.  My 1,750 mile trip to Texas and back.  Etc, etc. But, believe me, boat happenings have been ongoing [...]

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The Girl in the Woods

May 18th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Friends, Inspirational, Perspective, Philosophical, Reflections, Spirituality, Stories, Uncategorized

She lived out in the deep Piney Woods of East Texas, a good ways out from Nacogdoches. She was 19 years old and married to a small thin man in his late 30s or early 40s who looked to be twice his age and was crippled up in his left arm from a working accident [...]

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Tom (Finally) Got His iPod – But, MUCH More. What’s Up With That?!

March 29th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Humor, Stories, Tom & Me

Remember right after Christmas when I wrote here that Tom thought he was the ONLY ONE in the “whole wide world” who did not have an iPod?  See here and here. It was quite sad.  He was quite sad.  Pathetic.  Miserable.  Hard to live with being so despondent over his plight. But, he managed.  Managed [...]

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Arkansas Memories Tour of 2009: Yellville

February 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Families, Historical, Humor, Photos, Videos, Stories, Tom & Me, Tom's Family

I last left you with a question about the Legion Hall in Yellville, Arkansas and what that had to do with the three Andrews boys and their cousin, Oliver.  We’ll let that hang just a bit longer.  First, you need to be properly introduced to the really yucky – ugly – tacky – interesting town [...]

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