Her name was Lydia and I can imagine family and friends called her “Lyddie.” She was my grandmother’s grandmother. Born in 1823, she was a widow who lived by herself on her farm in Georgia. Recently, I read copies of letters she wrote to her daughter, Tep, and to her granddaughter, Edna. One letter is dated 1890. Dear […]
Oct 25, 2024
What Was That Dream?
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A few years ago, I went through a period of recording a few of my dreams in a small notebook. These were actual night-time dreams. Psychoanalysts can decipher dreams but I am not into that. I’m sure you and I and all of us have had dreams that were interesting; some were scary, some were […]
Jan 27, 2024
Was That a Pet Rat?
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It’s a drizzly, chilly Saturday morning. With only one cup of Folgers down, I am in need of another. But first, let me tell you about a goofy dream. Do you dream after you go to sleep or are you one of those rare people who doesn’t dream or who doesn’t remember them? Anyway, there […]
Dec 30, 2022
Endings and Beginnings
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A new year is waiting to make its appearance Sunday and the old year is getting ready to be put away and assigned to memory. We all hope for a better year in every aspect of life. We face 2023 with a great deal of resolutions, wishes, and perhaps a few old tales just to […]
Nov 14, 2020
Finding Lost Things
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My husband and I bought a 1967 Mustang brand-new, straight off the showroom floor. It was beautiful, small, shiny brown with a leather-look brown interior and it was a V-8. That’s something rare, nowadays. Today’s cars are mostly 4-cylinder with some sort of eco-booster. Anyway, our Mustang was a neat car. But, we sold it […]
Nov 5, 2020
What Do You Do With Dreams?
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Has anyone seen the film, Duel? I saw it a year or so back. Duel is a 1971 Spielberg film starring Dennis Weaver. It is a nail-biting, edge-of-your-chair thriller and probably caused my weird dream which happened after I turned off the TV. In my dream, I was in a northern state in the springtime and […]
