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Growing Older : On Turning 81 or Birds in the Bathroom

January 23, 2023

I’m celebrating this birthday with a two-week Viking cruise in Central America. Apart from lots of history, this is what …

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Locked Out

March 25, 2021

As the garage door boomed shut, I jumped out of the way. I’d programmed new pin numbers into the door …

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Tears of Thanksgiving

November 25, 2020

They started in my church parking lot. When I turned in, off of 26th Street, an older masked man motioned …

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Psalm 71 – a comfort for older folks

June 9, 2020

I recorded my reading of this Psalm for my church’s website. My hope is that it may be a blessing …

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Nostalgia for Nursing

February 13, 2017

Oh no. That was bad. After being happily retired from nursing for nearly seventeen years, I had a severe attack …

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Environs

February 22, 2015

On a flight recently, I spent some time reading blogging friends who have fibromyalgia. Having FM myself, I always marvel …

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Grab…Sermons, this Time

February 14, 2014

Grab. Grab. And grab some more. Last time I talked about the “grab” of first sentences in short stories. Today, …

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Grab. Grab. Grab. How grabby are your first sentences?

February 3, 2014

“The convent was gone, burned to the ground in a kitchen fire years ago.”1 Would you like to read a …

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What will your kids just throw out?

January 29, 2014

“I’ve put stickers behind everything valuable in my house because I don’t want my kids to throw them out when …

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Hazards of Marrying a Preacher’s Kid

August 19, 2013

Ask my husband about the hazards of marrying a PK, and he’s likely to tell you, “Be ready to drive …

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