Category: Blogging

• Bedpans and Walther P38s Part 3

  

  Part Three of a Family Christmas Past The moment the kids had waited for 365 days arrived. I beamed at my family­­–– mostly for the expectant joy on all faces. I donned my Santa hat and began dispersing gifts. The family rule was to wait until everyone had all their gifts piled at their side. […]

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  December 19, 2018

  A Christmas Past, Blogging, blogging fundamentals, Family, firstfridays, Personal, search for tomorrow, the days of our lives, Uncategorized

  Amazon Adventures, Christmas SNAFUS, ITs a Mad Mad World, Memories, Writing4Fun

• Bedpans and Walther P38s–Part Two

  BedPans and Walther P38s (Part Two of a Christmas Past) It was seven days before Christmas, and I still had to purchase gifts for 21 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and 10 adults. Technically, Christmas was eight days away, but our family gathers for dinner on Christmas Eve, opening gifts after the grandchildren wash the dishes. Ho! […]

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  December 8, 2018

  A Christmas Past, Blogging, blogging fundamentals, Dreaming of, Epic Fail, Family, firstfridays, Personal, the days of our lives, True Stories, Uncategorized

  Amazon Adventures, Autobiographical, Christmas SNAFUS, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, ITs a Mad Mad World, Murphy’s Law, Personal, silliness, True Stories, Writing

• Walther P38s and Bedpans

  Bedpans and Walther P38s (A Christmas to Remember) Part One *A short story that is loosely based on true events of Christmases past: 90 percent pure fiction. Many people escape via expensive out-of-the-country vacations or by weekend get-a-ways. Some escape by watching movies or by playing games. Me? I Amazon. I’m addicted to seeing that […]

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  December 3, 2018

  as the world turns, Blogging, blogging fundamentals, firstfridays, Personal, the days of our lives, True Stories, Uncategorized, What is normal?

  Christmas SNAFUS, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, IT’S aMadMad World, JustWhenYouThink, MyBad, silliness, Writing4Fun

• Quest

  

      Letters float and bubble up, they string on weathered thread, like popcorn strands on Christmas trees. I clutch and nick and chomp and chew, subsequently disintegrate, with painful, funny, contorting moue. Letter float and bubble up, black on white in cytoplasmic fill, they string and coil as DNA that replicate I mush and […]

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  October 27, 2018

  Blogging, blogging fundamentals, firstfridays, Grasping for words, Personal, Uncategorized, Writer’s block

  Goofing around, Lava lamps, Letters of the alphabet, Moue, Personal, Rants, Saturday Mornings, silliness, Stop the insanity, Thoughts on paper, Where did all the letters go?, Writing

• Day 364

  I am ending day 364 doing what I love: writing for the pure joy of writing.  The little ditty below contains 16 names familiar to my childhood. Can you guess what they refer to?* Through the days of my life, I have ascribed to a guiding light, While leading all my children through the edge […]

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  September 27, 2018

  as the world turns, Blogging, Personal, search for tomorrow, the days of our lives, Uncategorized

  In another world, In search of tomorrow, Personal, Secret storms, silliness, the days of our lives, Writing

• Oh, the places I will go. (Refining the bucket list)

  Thus far, I’ve only admired these dreamy destinations as they decorate my walls. A couple of imaginary destinations I dream of in the night:

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  September 17, 2018

  Blogging, Bucket Lists, Dreaming of, Personal, Travel Destinations, Uncategorized

  Autobiographical, Bucket Lists, dreams, Personal, travels, True Stories

• Ode to September

  September We wonder, September, who, what star will sing new, And who, what star will wax far away. Your third sapphire day’s star arose shimmering bright only to apex and implode into the heavens and dissipated. The black it left is as bright as the light. This, too, is to your ode. Star light, star […]

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  September 4, 2018

  Blogging, Catastrophic Experience, Death, On the Loss of a Grandchild, Personal, Teen Suicide, True Stories, Uncategorized

  Death, Flashbacks, Personal, Teen Suicide, The Struggle is Real, True Stories, Writing

• Echoes––Part Two

  The conclusion to Jack and Holly’s adventures reads below. Their expedition is based on factual events. Following the story is a list of what really happened. Echoes––The Conclusion “Look Holly,” Jack commanded, “I found a family name here, my family, I mean.” Holly looked up from the book she was searching through at a table […]

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  August 30, 2018

  Blogging, blogging fundamentals, Coos Bay, Oregon, firstfridays, Genealogy, Personal, True Stories, Uncategorized, Yoakam Family

  Autobiographical, Family History of the Yoakams, Genealogy, Personal, True Stories, Writing