Saturday again. Does it seem to anyone else that the weekend is much longer than the other five days put together? Monday barely gets underway ’til the hump day arrives and it’s downhill from there. At the end of the day or the end of the week, do you take stock of what has gone […]
Apr 23, 2015
Eclecticity
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If I can’t find a word that fits in the place where a word should be, I just make it up. Eclectic describes a group composed of different styles or kinds. That pretty much describes the writing styles and the reading and writing preferences of our critique group. So, I’d say we have eclecticity. A prettier word, though, is […]
Apr 19, 2015
Sometimes I Miss It
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Do you ever think back to a certain time in your life and wonder how the years could have gone by so quickly? This Sunday, I’m thinking back probably fifty years or so. Now, for you young’uns out there, that’s ancient times! Mom and I would be going to a small brown brick church in Tahlequah and […]
Apr 18, 2015
Sauntering Into Saturday
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So still and dark this Saturday morning. The newly-minted leaves on the maple stir ever so slightly as a vagrant breeze whispers through. Dark clouds peer ominously through tree branches, obviously trying to decide whether to gather forces and shower us with more rain. Last night, my friend Nancy Kay Grace kicked off the publication […]
Apr 15, 2015
Ant Alert!
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There are small black specks on my countertop. And, they are moving! The specks have legs. The annual ant invasion is underway. These hardy insects do this every spring. I don’t know why. I don’t invite them. And what do they think they will gain from my kitchen? A few grains of spilled sugar, maybe? […]
Apr 14, 2015
Hurt Feelings
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“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” John 8:32. And boy, what a freeing statement that is. All my life, I’ve struggled with getting my feelings hurt. And, many of the supposed hurts are just that–supposed. But whether the person who injured my exposed raw nerve ends meant to […]
