Monthly Archives: June 2013

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“I’ll be right back,” she said. I snapped my head up, but she was gone already, back down to the ocean splashing in the waves. Normally I’d have just muttered “Uh-huh” and kept reading my book in my beach chair … Continue reading

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Vows or Wows

I’ve met someone. OK, I meet a lot of people–even met Bradley Cooper. I will talk to anyone who doesn’t run away from me–Bradley Cooper walked briskly away, thank you very much. But you know what I mean. I’ve met … Continue reading

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Cleanliness is Next to Godliness

We have people coming over this weekend for my daughter’s birthday party. The kids know what that means–time to really tidy up the house. BK (Before-Kids), I used to be a very meticulous neat-freak. Everything had its place–except dust–dust had … Continue reading

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Time-Out

I was in a bit of a funk last week because of a little tiff I had with someone I care about. OK, it wasn’t so little–feelings were hurt and that’s never to be minimized. We used our words and … Continue reading

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