Tag: creation
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Bucket List Bonanza
When we were in college, John and I would attend concerts fairly frequently. Some are really great in person; others sound better on an album. But one of the items on my bucket list was to see the band Chicago in concert. It helps that these are hometown boys who worked hard at making a…
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When Someone Lives Your Dream
Yes, I was one of those girls. You know, the kind that loves horses, who would do anything to be able to ride a horse, and asks every year for Christmas for one of her own. That was never a practical ask. We lived in the Chicago suburbs. One of my dreams was to someday…
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Bare Bones
With Halloween coming, people are putting up monstrous decorations, emphasis on monstrous. We’re seeing ghouls, goblins, and ghosts in surrounding neighborhoods. The amount of effort put into this boggles my mind–I’m not into scary stuff. My daughter Courtney bought what she believed was a life-sized skeleton for decorating their home in Denver. She and her…
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Trashed!
Growing up in the Chicago area, I fully understood the value of garbage being picked up consistently. My dad would call those who participated in such work sanitary engineers; he knew how to put a kind spin on most things. We relied on these people to keep up the look of the neighborhood with their…
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A Flower By Any Other Name
I’ve had the privilege this year of working with a gal who was not only incredibly bright and talented, but she also had a knack with flowers. At her home in Ohio, she has gardens full of perennials and annuals, brimming with color and shapes that boggle the mind. Her enjoyment of gardening is her…
Tip of My Iceberg 