Uh God, Can We Talk?

Dear God,
I just finished reading an article in this week’s Newsweek that has gotten me to thinking.  They say that in a 2005 poll, only half of Americans think of resurrection as a physical event.  They think of it more as something spiritual, as the soul rises to heaven.  Okay, I’m down with that.
But the [...]

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Roadkill C.S.I.

Sometimes things aren’t always as they seem in life.  Take roadkill, for example.  Now we’re all accustomed to seeing roadkill now and then – cats, opossums, and raccoons.  I’ve even seen a deer from time to time.  And we always assume, “poor thing, probably just trying to cross the road.”  But the other day when [...]

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My Winter Love…

He came into my life last winter and captured my heart.  Not to boast or anything, but I can honestly say, I made a man of him. He also brought out the best in me, with his cool European ways.  I loved his impeccable manners, his smooth good looks and the way he always referred [...]

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Where’s My Equalizer?

I can just see the newscast.  There are my bad neighbors, the Rudes, being interviewed, saying to the reporter, “We didn’t even realize that we had a neighbor!  Then the next thing we knew, this crazy woman broke down our front door and started beating all of us on the head with a wooden spoon, [...]

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Betrayed By My Heart…

Well, I felt that today I was due to write something humorous, or, at the very least, amusing.  After all, things have gotten a bit heavy in this blog lately, what with cabin fever and worrying about my friends and all.  And I know people enjoy my humorous posts.  But, you know what?  It ain’t [...]

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Suz Loses Her Marbles…

Someone I’ve known for 26 years did something that has left me wondering if I ever really knew her.  It’s something that’s so crazy that I’m starting to doubt her sanity.
Did she mess with a married man?  Nope.
Did she rob a bank?  Nope.
Did she drown a bunch of kittens?  Nope.
It’s worse, much, much worse!
She got [...]

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Stricken With Cabin Fever!

I think it’s the frigid temperatures that are doing it to me.  (Either that, or I’m losing it altogether!) For the past few days I’ve been feeling edgy and aimless.  It’s not that we’ve gotten lots of snow.  When we do, and it’s cold and dark outside, it’s easier for me to assume my “hibernation [...]

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Mothers Diminished…

I know it’s not a new phenomenon, but maybe now that it is affecting my baby boomer generation, I’ve become more aware of it.  I’m speaking of the pain of watching a parent descend into dementia.  I used to never hear anyone discussing it.  Now, three of my close friends are having to deal with [...]

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Believing…

When I was six years old,
I had my own secret place.
It was reserved for those times
when none of my friends
could come out to play
and I was left to my own devices.
I would wander through
the field of sunflowers behind my house
until I came to the stump of an ancient oak tree.
There, I would [...]

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Bad Neighbor Update

All my regular readers know that I live next door to the Rudes, the most inconsiderate neighbors anyone could be cursed with.  But, before I address them, I want to exonerate my neighbor Marcia who lives on the other side of me.
You might remember that she was the one whose guests at Christmas drove not [...]

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