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Northern Mockingbirds
There is a nest in the back of our backyard, in a tree 😉 — yesterday or the day before I was back there and looked up and saw a baby Mockingbird peering over the side of the nest, sort of, while Mama Mockingbird watched anxiously atop the nearby Weeping Willow. I knew a Mockingbird…
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Musings from a 40-year-old
What does the world look like once you are in your 40’s? Pretty much like it did, for me, in my 30’s. Granted, it just the matter of a few weeks of comparison … But aside from that, one can take stock of their dreams and consider what they haven’t accomplished yet. That’s something I’ve…
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Pre-birthday-ish stuff
My birthday is tomorrow … so this is the last day for me to write when in my 30’s :veryshocked: I’ve had the ability to get a few “b-day presents” ahead of time, with me saying the other day “every day from now thru my birthday is my birthday” –meaning to “treat me nice” the…
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Dog Days
I was sitting at my laptop (which I am also doing right now) and noticed that it had been getting rather much darker … so absorbed in looking at something I didn’t notice it starting, as I usually do. It’s been a hard last few days, with DH out again, and him not supposed to…
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Happy Birthday Sis!
Happy Birthday to my sister Debbie! July is a big birthday month, we have other relatives with July birthdays, and in my family growing up it was our dad on the 9th, sister on the 11th, me on the 18th, and then there was my dad’s brother on the 4th, then one sister married another…