Recently I was introduced to a young woman, by a friend, “She’s a writer, my friend says she writes beee-yoo-ti-full things” (my lovely friend, has had a bit to drink) “Oh yeah, says the young woman clearly unimpressed, whatd’you write?”…
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I don’t spend a lot of time with mirrors not the usual kind any way I suppose some days, there are things you’d rather not see extra little lines and creases time’s tiny little footprints making their tracks across your…
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Some days the lessons just keep coming… This morning I rise early, I have a birthday cake to make. There was a time when my kids were younger, I spent considerable time making elaborate birthday cakes the night before. But…
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Too many cool rainy days In a row can start to wear a person low last night I go to bed feeling a little less than civil consequently my sleep is disturbed and this morning once again the dog decides…
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I have a very strong aversion to the telephone. If you know me, possibly you already know this. Really if it didn’t sound rude, my voicemail message would say – don’t call me, because I probably won’t call you ……
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I think I sit too much. I wake up thinking about all of the things I need to accomplish, Number two son has returned from university with a gargantuan bag of laundry, to add to the rather large pile of…
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I have taken an involuntary vow of silence stricken with a nasty little virus that seems to be resting rather uncomfortably on my voice box forcing me to whisper out squeaky little noises and irritating wisps of air also with…
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Friday, it’s my day off and as it happens it’s Good Friday. It is not however my husband’s day off, just a factor of the industry he works in. So around 6:00 am-ish one side of the bed feels empty…
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A fresh spring morning, a little cloud, a little sun but I don’t think I’ll be in the garden today, because my finger won’t straighten and my arm feels twisted, achy and sore Outside my window the forsythia blooms in…
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