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Forget me not

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

I want to first apologize to you.  I know you are not supposed to apologize, but I just must.  I taught a class this morning and had envisioned making beautiful Golden Tickets taped to a big chocolate bar just like … Continue reading →

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It’s part of growing up

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Coco is tough.  There isn’t much that makes her cry.  When she was young, she’d endure pain and never wince.  She waffled her foot on a floor furnace, ironed the top of her foot, fell out of a swing, bit … Continue reading →

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Luck of the Irish

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Life’s been a little rough for those I love lately.  My sister had cancer last year, and though she’s been given the cancer-free diagnosis, she now is looking at surgery to remove twelve inches of her colon to correct the … Continue reading →

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Close to my heart

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Everyone who knows me knows I am tough, bossy, self-sufficient, and assertive.  We won’t even mention moody. And then there’s the softer side of me — the Grandma side.  I’m like milk toast, squishy — a push-over.  So the other … Continue reading →

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All’s well that ends well

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Or so you would hope. Christmas Eve was not going smoothly.  I’d been cooking most of the day when the trash compactor quit compacting.  Next the gas burners quit burning because the range was on the same circuit breaker as … Continue reading →

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Reminiscent

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

A few weeks ago while visiting my sister’s, she’d shoved an old tape into the VCR.  In the home movie, her twenty-four-year-old son, just a toddler during the filming, was caught nodding off in the high chair, just after taking one … Continue reading →

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Small things

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

The last week has reminded of many precious small things – saying “I love you,” arms of a toddler reaching up at you to be picked up, laughter, and bottles of Heinz catsup. What a treat, last week meeting a young handsome … Continue reading →

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Finding favor with Linda

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Last night I received a disturbing phone call — one of my good friends collapsed in the emergency room and passed away.  At this time of year, I think more than any other time, we are aware of our blessings, … Continue reading →

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Down and dirty

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

I was having one of those days.  One of those days that creep up on you.  One of those days you could do without.  Even a shirtless Ryan Gosling would have trouble putting a smile on my face.  I’d promised … Continue reading →

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Western ditty

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Yesterday I’m listening to Julio and Willie.  I’ve got my fourth sore throat of the winter.  I can hardly breathe and my ears won’t pop.  I’m stuffy, achy, and downright cranky.  All I need is a guitar and I’ve got … Continue reading →

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