Published January 23rd, 2014 by

An arrow is the only weapon I can think of that is pulled backwards before it moves forward to its target. On the other hand, a slingshot goes round and…

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Published January 22nd, 2014 by

I e-mailed a rather unflattering comment about a friend to another friend and only after hitting ‘send’ realized that both names were in the address box. Oh, oh. She hasn’t…

Read More Mind Your Mouth

Published January 21st, 2014 by

Lift your knees…march in place… became a little boring in my exercise class, so I amused myself by watching how well the other participants were following the leader’s instructions. One…

Read More How Do They Look?

Published January 20th, 2014 by

So I find myself another year older and wondering how many more years I have in this lifetime. If I let them, panic thoughts will fill my mind. Do I…

Read More Another Birthday

Published January 19th, 2014 by

In the early moments of the memorial service for Nelson Mandela, some onlookers suddenly realized that the TV shot of the podium included them. For the next hours we were…

Read More The Least Important Place

Published January 18th, 2014 by

Don’t you hate it when people never properly finish a sentence? Do you hear the word ‘stupid’ regularly in your life? No, no, you are not stupid! The word your…

Read More What They Meant to Say

Published January 17th, 2014 by

God is a hard act to follow! No, he is not the Hollywood type of hero, but a true ACTor of the finest quality. His A-actions are always right and…

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Published January 16th, 2014 by

“You haven’t blogged for a while.” she remarked. “Why aren’t you writing?” Honestly, how much grief do people want to hear about? Just over two years now since my husband…

Read More Not Over Yet

Published January 15th, 2014 by

It’s bad enough that I love it, but now chocolate has been found to be a natural cough suppressant! Oh, wait, I feel a cough coming on! My food enemy…

Read More The Little Sins

Published January 14th, 2014 by

We don’t have many stairs in my community so when I foray out into the ‘real’ world; I discover how much steeper they have become since the last time I…

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