Tag Archives: DP Challenge

Middle March

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Stephanie

Strictly speaking it’s not yet mid-March, but the month’s weighty core is everywhere. March is the month of frantic emergency hospitalizations and hospital rooms with stale, feverish air and windows which neither opened nor allowed a peek of sun or … Continue reading →

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Inexhaustible Treasure

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Stephanie

But for a few distant, hearty shrieking birds, complete silence enveloped my sub-zero trek through knee-deep snow in ankle-high boots.  Without evident pattern, one foot would merely skim a soft powder surface and the next would crunch heavily downward through … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet Valentines

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Stephanie

This week’s writing challenge asked us for a Valentine’s Day story.  Once again I shall travel back in time to a not-so-distant day when our family was whole but knew it was soon to be missing its core. . . … Continue reading →

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Learning Curve

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Stephanie

Last January one of my daughters shepherded me through the relatively minor technical work needed to begin this blog, giving me a nicely calendared progression of posts upon which to reflect. Recently I found on my husband’s computer the 500 … Continue reading →

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