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Sheep: Write 28 Days 02.05.2022

  Dear readers and writers, today’s prompt for Anita Ojeda’s #write28days challenge is sheep.  You can read her post for the prompt, here.  For a split second I questioned what I could write.  But only for a split second because then it dawned on me that my whole day today was about trying to shepherd […]

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Raft: Write 28 Days 02.03.2022

Snow bunnies, today’s prompt for the #write28days challenge has me reminiscing about summer days on my raft in our pool.  That, on a day when I also delighted in a 2-inch snowfall on my Chihuahua Desert home.  Our landscape was dazzling white when I awoke this morning.  Couldn’t wait to get outside to snap some […]

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Longing: Write 28 Days 02.02.2022

  Sweet friends, for the #write28days challenge, blogger and series host, Anita Ojeda, is sending out prompts that participants may choose to write on.  The prompt for yesterday, the first day of the challenge, was longing.  You can read Anita’s post for the word, here.   True to form, I am a day late and a […]

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Write 28 Days 02.01.2022

  Sweet readers and fellow writers…welcome to Write 28 Days 02.01.2022.  Here we go, the first of what I hope will be a month’s worth of posts for the #write28days challenge.  Joining Anita Ojeda for this series.  Coming before you to make the commitment to write and post EVERY DAY in February. That’s a whoppin’ […]

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The World Through My Lens 01.2022

  Shutterbugs and photo-lovin’ friends glad to have you join me for The World Through My Lens 01.2022.  Today I am sharing my snapshots for January aedition of the photo series my blogging buddy Terri at Second Wind Leisure Perspectives.  Terri hosts the one-prompt-a-week Sunday Stills photo challenge . Also teaming up with my friend […]

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On Wednesdays We Write 01.2022

  Hello, blog writers and readers, welcome to On Wednesdays We Write 01.2022 and what I hope will be a monthly series.  Don’t hold your breath just yet…let’s see what the year brings.  But one of my goals is to write more and to concentrate more of my blog posts on my original purpose for […]

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02.02.2023 So glad I went silver. #silverhairdont 02.02.2023 So glad I went silver. 
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02.02.2023 Joining @rebeccajoknits for Sentence a 02.02.2023 Joining @rebeccajoknits for Sentence a Day and #thankfulthursday . A month full of looong, run-on sentences outlining my first 31 days of the year. 

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01.30.2023 Finally getting my #wintergoals & #wint 01.30.2023 Finally getting my #wintergoals & #winterbucketlist down on 'paper.' It is still winter, right? High of 68*F here yesterday. 

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01.28.2023 Winter 2023 photo challenge...my beauti 01.28.2023 Winter 2023 photo challenge...my beautiful Cami Jean in pink represents the prompt 'feminine.' Camila has become infatuated with all things 'ballina' since seeing The Nutcracker at Christmas. Her Gabba loves ballet, too.

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01.27.2023 Playing at Gabba's house with all the o 01.27.2023 Playing at Gabba's house with all the old toys their mama played with. 

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01.22.2023 They didn't give a letter jacket back i 01.22.2023 They didn't give a letter jacket back in '75 when I was a high school senior and editor of the Bartlett High School literary magazine "The Scribe." 

So I bought my own letter jacket at @hm . So what if it isn't in the school colors. And comes 47 years late. @oldnavy overalls (had my last pair that same senior year '74-'75) and @kohls
lilac turtleneck. 

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