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There are years when being grateful is easy; when the drop-down list of answers is long. This year does not feel that way. Instead, it feels like I cannot find my list at all, cannot see my way to it. … Continue reading
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I spent a couple of weekends last month in one of my favorite places. Its a patch of land that runs down and spills over a bluff in northwest Arkansas. Newton County. Just past the towns of Deer, Nail, and … Continue reading
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We had a day off from school today. And so we ran away with some friends to play for a few hours in the damp, strangely warm outdoors. Lake Catherine to be exact. And I got to see these. And … Continue reading
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When I first read Eat, Pray, Love a couple of years ago, one of the things that struck me, as it has many people, was the section where an Italian friend tells Elizabeth Gilbert that every city can be defined … Continue reading
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Friday before last, I got to tour the new (fancy!) Kroger Marketplace out on Chenal Parkway. (Full disclosure: I was invited by a Kroger PR person, I had a great time and was plied with wonderful samples of food, including … Continue reading
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So, I think I’m going to do this along with Alison this August. Because (even though I personally did not start a new full-time job like she did last fall) I can think of a few things that I completely … Continue reading
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I am unsure about writing this post. I usually don’t write posts where I try to put forth a view, argue a point, because I think for those kinds of things to be effective, you ought to be able to … Continue reading
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Well, ok, I am. Sometimes. But I am not BOSSY. But I did get to meet her last Sunday, and I just noticed that she put up such a cute picture of our little group, which I am about to … Continue reading
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Let me just start by saying that the day I turned thirty, I took my third child for his one week checkup at the pediatrician’s. It was the first time I had been out of the house since his birth. … Continue reading
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So, now Bryan has it. The bug that is not the swine flu, or any flu, but acts just like it. Apparently, Elizabeth didn’t have the flu either, which is somehow oddly reassuring after my panic of last Friday afternoon. … Continue reading
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We have this neighbor named Bernie. Mr. Bernie, that’s what we call him. He’s about the same age as my parents, and since he retired we see him nearly every day, just across the circle from our house. He likes … Continue reading
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[header image: sidewalk chairs in front of Starving Artist, downtown NLR. Wanna come sit for awhile?] Sometimes the internet makes me so happy. [rainbow cake photo by Meg Duerksen of Whatever] How could anyone not want a cake JUST LIKE … Continue reading