I just got to thinking about words. We use them every day. Written or spoken, we can’t get along without them. I’m puzzled and saddened by the fact that, with all the beautiful words to choose from, why do some use ugly, degrading, base words? Is it to get a reaction? To show that we’re […]
Jul 30, 2025
Wednesday Writings
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I enjoy being able to speak to far-flung family or friends through the telephone or Skype or email, but sometimes I miss actual letters I can hold in my hands. It’s rare for me to get a personal letter in the old, metal mailbox in front of my house but a few years ago, it […]
May 30, 2024
Somewhere Along the Way
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Be sure you treasure them–those actual letters hand-written on paper by a loved one–because getting letters the old-fashioned way in a metal mailbox is getting to be a thing of the past. We’ve lost the appreciation of hand-written greetings somewhere along the way. I used to get personal mail delivered by our mail carrrier–lovely birthday […]
Sep 5, 2020
Tell Me a Story
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Most of us like to listen to a good story. Some of my earliest memories are of Dad’s stories about when he was young, and then, Mom’s stories which we put into a couple of Etta Bend books. Storytelling is the oldest form of entertainment. Can’t you just see early day people gathered in round […]
