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Purple Chimes and Valentines
“Sweet as” was in the glossary I picked up from fellow travelers during my recent adventure. It’s a New Zealand term of assurance: all is well, “no worries” (a phrase that now hits my ear as well-meaning but oxymoronic, a double-negative … Continue reading
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Tagged friendship, John Hiatt, love, postday, sweet, sweet as, tagadap, Valentines, Weekly Photo Challenge
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Life Lessons from a Natural-Born Teacher
My friend Elizabeth has the serene and calming presence of many natural-born educators, and happens to be a teacher. And, boy, has she taught me. Still in treatment herself, she knew when to recommend I read “The Last Lecture,” … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, courage, friendship, love, teaching, Weekly Photo Challenge: Admiration
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Goodnight, Sweet Prince
Dawn. It was our friend’s last day, a Sunday, fittingly for a man of such faith. ***** Almost five years ago, a week after my husband Jim was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Chris strode into our lives. We were … Continue reading
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Tagged family, friendship, Hamlet, love, writing 101, writing101
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Learning Curve
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
Posted in Friendship, Love and Loss
Tagged 2012, A Beach Bouquet, anniversary, April, August, calendar year, death cab for cutie, Debruary, December, DP Challenge, friendship, January, July, June, kindness, Kyoto, March, May, My blog start, November, October, photographs, poetry, September, The Things He Carried, Weekly Writing Challenge: Wrap it Up
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