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Posted on March 3, 2025March 3, 2026

Monday Meanderings #8

Goodbye, February, hello, March! For us in Texas, March 2nd is celebrated as Texas Independence Day. It is also my oldest grandson's birthday, and is his first birthday away from home. Created in Canva I awoke very early Saturday morning to find my muse chattering in my ear. Really? It's Saturday. I wanted to sleep. …

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Posted on February 17, 2025March 3, 2026

MONDAY MEANDERINGS #6

Happy Monday, Friends. I don't have a clever lead-in to this post, so I'll just jump in. It's been a strange week for me. I had several days where I struggled to find the motivation to do anything beyond what was absolutely necessary. I made very little headway on my WIP and only made it …

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Posted on August 21, 2020

Birthday Reflections – August 21st

Today, August 21st, I turn 69 years young. Wow! That's just almost unfathomable. Yes, something like that. 🙂 I don't have to tell you it's been a crazy year because we already know that's a fact. But there has been a mixed bag of blessings as well. Most of you already know that I landed …

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Posted on August 22, 2018March 3, 2026

Trip Around The Sun

Birthdays are such significant days. Not because we get cards and gifts but because it completes another cycle of life for us. And, I look at the day following my birthday as a clean slate to start the next cycle around the sun. This year has been mixed with family, friends, plans that didn't work …

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