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Today’s the Day We’ve Been Waiting For

by heltershelter1January 21, 2021January 25, 20211 Comment

It's finally Inauguration Day, January 20th. It seemed like it would never get here. We worried that our now Ex-President would do something stupid like start a war before he left office. It was bad enough that he incited his…

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Where Are We?

by observerJanuary 15, 20211 Comment

Just to take stock, this is where we are today, Jan. 15, 2021. Covid-19 cases are up 27% across the country in the last 14 days and deaths up 39% according to the New York Times. We are being warned…

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My Head is Jangling

by observerJanuary 12, 2021January 12, 20212 Comments

My head is jangling from the events of last week. Who could believe so many monumental developments could be crammed into one week: Trump’s phone call trying to change election results in Georgia, the election itself, the determination by so…

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Sunken Cities

by willowoak520January 8, 20212 Comments

How would I celebrate my birthday this month in the midst of the pandemic, I wondered. Getting on a plane was out of the question. Finally, I settled on doing short excursions not so far from home. So Wednesday eve,…

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Gratitude List on New Year’s Eve 2020

by heltershelter1December 31, 20202 Comments

I was prompted to think of what I was grateful for in the horrendous year of 2020, by the Calm app that I listen to on my phone every night with one ear bud stuck in my ear. In the…

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Snow Cookies and Little People

by willowoak520December 30, 20201 Comment

One casualty of COVID has been the absence of children in our lives--with a few exceptions. During a lovely snowfall a few weeks ago, our neighbor's children set up a "kitchen" to make snow cookies. As the snow became a…

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Thank You Letters

by observerDecember 28, 20201 Comment

A friend, David Brown, wrote in his blog this week about a practice he has taken up this year of writing one thank you letter a week to someone who has had an impact on his life: "I turned sixty-five…

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Simple Celebration

by observerDecember 26, 2020Leave a comment

“How do you cook beef tenderloin for two?” my son called to ask. “We got a package of three short ribs and shared them,” my daughter reported. I cooked a small package of lamb chops for my husband and me. …

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Wreath Stories

by willowoak520December 23, 20201 Comment

This wreath had its beginning in my sister-in-law's back woods in Minnesota in October. She encouraged me to find and wrap my own grape vines while she gathered hers. The circle of vines traveled with us in our car back…

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2020: Bang!

by observerDecember 20, 20201 Comment

I was thinking of proposing to my family that we each come up with an image for New Year’s Day of how we will dispose of 2020. I imagined blowing up a very big balloon, writing 2020 on it with…

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