Category Archives: Time Goes By

Spring

It came early this year.  The trees have burst with white and pink flowers and the lilac outside our front door is going gang busters.  The trees outside the bay window I look out while I write are filling with … Continue reading

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The 70′s: A Cruel Decade

In preparation for my reunion last weekend, I pulled out some old yearbooks (did anyone else call them annuals?).  We all had a blast looking at them while we were together and I threw them in the back seat for … Continue reading

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I Had No Idea

I really just did the Reveal Yourself post as a lark. I had no idea what a blessing it would be.  I laughed and cried and was blessed down to the tip of my toes by your comments.  Thank you … Continue reading

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Twelve

Dear Katie, Today you are twelve. It seems that you have grown at least 8 inches this past year.  You passed up your Bibi (although that wasn’t all that hard, now was it?) and your Aunt Leah and will soon … Continue reading

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Missing Virginia

I don’t miss everything about Virginia.  In fact, I’d even go so far as to say that I don’t miss most things about it.  I don’t miss the traffic (just as bad as you’ve heard), I don’t miss the pace … Continue reading

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First Day of School 2010

Another year begins.  Am I the only one who thinks that time is galloping by at an alarming rate?  How is it that we have been here a year.  That the girls are starting their second school year here in … Continue reading

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Ah, The 70′s

The museum we went to this past weekend was really fantastic. In fact, the girls said it was their favorite thing of the whole weekend.  It had all kinds of stuff.  Cars and planes and trains and furniture.  I’m not … Continue reading

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Even If We Ruined The Environment

Well wishes from many friends. $$ to spend at the bookstore. A promise of help in my badly neglected garden from my mom who has VERY green thumbs. Dinner with my family at our favorite pizza place. Ice cream afterward.  … Continue reading

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Just Perfect

If you pin a woman down, I think she would admit that we sometimes long for the days when our husbands were courting us.  The days when you could spend hours on the phone and nothing was too much trouble … Continue reading

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Home Again

Once upon a time, I wrote a little piece about time passing by in my old neighborhood.  We were soon to be moving from DC to Ohio and I was feeling nostalgic and in a reflective mood. I’ve moved enough … Continue reading

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