Cats have always been a big part of our lives: serene comfort when we needed it, and in more ways than one, a source of joy. None has touched our hearts as much as our gentle giant, Casey. The grief we felt when our beloved pet died surprised even us in its intensity.
LOSING CASEY (2006)
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Archive for March, 2009
SURVIVING RENOVATIONS
Posted in LAUGHTER, MARRIAGE ADVICE, tagged ADD and renovating, men and housework, surviving renovations in a marriage, working as a team in a marriage on March 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
It’s occurred to me that one of the greatest tests of a marriage is that dreaded of times, the renovation period. If your home is over twenty years ago, it can seem a neverending cycle, and if either one of you is even borderline attention-deficit, that’s the time it will show up in spades.
Such is the case in [...]
WHAT’S WITH ALL THE ANGER?
Posted in OPINION, tagged choosing to be angry, escalating violence in our world, giving people the benefit of the doubt, loss of values, materialism, prejudging people, the anger epidemic on March 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
My good friend Tony May began a discussion today in our writing group on the subject of “global anger.” He voiced his concern over the way violence seemed to be escalating, even in small towns that up until now, were simple sleepy hollows. He asked for ideas on why we thought it was happening, and [...]
PINK SOCKS AND A CHEESE BUN
Posted in PEOPLE, REFLECTIONS, tagged counting our blessings, poverty and the single woman, recession on March 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is an oldie, published in Moondance: Celebrating Creative Women in June of 2004. While we deal with the current recession, I can’t help but think of it again, and remember that we are often luckier than we realize.
Once in a while, when I’m feeling particularly blue and disillusioned with life, something happens to open my [...]
