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Weekend Walks and Current Books
I went for a walk the other day. It looked so warm and sunny but looks can be deceiving and, like a fool, I didn’t check the weather before I went out. It was freezing! The wind was blowing like crazy. By the time I got back to the car I couldn’t feel my hands and I looked like I was crying because the wind kept blowing in my face and my eyes were tearing. I had to drink two cups of tea in order to warm up. It was worth it though. I would much rather exercise outside. The river was very high, it usually looks much calmer than…
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Pack Rats and Minimalists
My mom likes to collect things. She likes pictures and teapots and decorative items that have belonged to various family members. She hates to get rid of things because she gets sentimentally attached and besides, you never know when you might need it. My dad firmly believes that if you haven’t used it recently (and recently is a very flexible time frame) then maybe you should get rid of it. He will happily give things away while my mom is still debating her sentimental attachment or whether it is needed. He does it in all helpfulness and kindness. When I was a kid I used to regularly find the newspaper…
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Family Roundabout by Richmal Crompton
I have had this book for almost a year and I kept putting off reading it. Not because I wasn’t interested or didn’t think I would enjoy it but because I have a bad habit of hoarding books I think I am going to particularly enjoy. I am not sure why I do it, it isn’t as if once it is read it can never be read again. I just enjoy the anticipation and tend to want to save these special books for a special time. I don’t want to read them in a hurry while making dinner and yelling at kids to get their homework done. I want to…
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Bits And Pieces Of My Week
We went for a walk on Sunday afternoon. It was 56 degrees. I know I keep mentioning the temperature but that is just so unusual. Of course, last Sunday we had a wind chill of 30 below zero so I guess we should enjoy the warmth when we get it. My daughter brought her scooter and she had so much fun. Ten-year-old children are easy to please. She also likes appearing on my blog so here she is in all her glory. The rest of my family is not so crazy about appearing here which is why you rarely see pictures of them. I think my daughter just likes the…
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Laughter Is The Best Medicine
Sometimes you just need to laugh, not smile slightly, not feel vaguely amused, but really laugh with that can’t catch your breath, might wake the whole house up laughter. The kind of laughter that makes everyone ask you what is so funny, the kind that makes your whole day brighter. What do you read when you need a funny book? One book that is guaranteed to make me laugh until I have tears streaming down my cheeks is Our Hearts Were Young And Gay by Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough. It is the account of their European tour in the 1920s. “We had been planning the trip for over…
