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A Little Dirt Goes A Long Way
Other than Girl Scout camping in cabins, I’ve been real-life camping only once. We lived in California at the time, and a few friends invited us on a three-day camping trip somewhere in the San Bernardino mountains. We had five kids, ten and under, and no equipment. Folks lent us tents and other essentials to…
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What Does It Cost To Hang On?
On my wedding day, I wasn’t thinking of years into the future. What it might be like to grow old with my new husband. What having a family together would look like. I’m not one who enjoys being the center of attention, so I was focused on getting through the day. Weddings back then weren’t…
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How Do I Not Drop The Balls?
We’re living in a time when being a professional juggler might be to our advantage. School is beginning in many areas, and figuring out which option to choose for educating your children may take a dozen increasingly challenging decisions to make: Do I let them be face-to-face with other students and teachers whom I have…
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The Rain Will Come With The Shine
We’re at the point in summer when rain is predicted every day. We have seasons of drought where we long for more rain. And now when we get more rain, it’s very easy to whine about excess moisture. Lately, with our intense heat and high humidity, we’ve had a lot of electrical storms, with…
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It’s Coming, It’s Coming!
Hurricane season begins June 1. We rarely get many of these storms the first two months of the season. Except, of course, the day my daughter got married. June 1, an outdoor wedding, and it had to be moved indoors because of the coming hurricane. Most of our really big ones here in Florida don’t…
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