Rose

TOY KEEPERS

Are you a toy keeper? I must confess that I am. What to do. We must downsize. We need to declutter. The nearest grandchildren are …

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PHYLLIS

On an otherwise ordinary afternoon, we decided to look around for a smaller, newer, more fuel efficient car. And there she was, white and gleaming …

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COTTAGE CHEESE NOSTALGIA

Remember the little TV birdie from the 1950’s? “I got six seconds to say…’Buy Kraft Cottage Cheese… you’ll love it love it… buy Kraft (BEEP) …

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CHEESECAKE THERAPY

We are just now pulling out of a three week trip into the Valley of the Shadow, from an injury that resulted in a deeply …

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SPRING EXPLOSION

Somebody somewhere dumped over the paintbox. Color everywhere. The forest burgeoning with delicate green lace, backed by a sky of fathomless blue, reaching beyond space/time. …

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HAIR OBSESSION

After blogging about my red hair and seeing the reactions, I began to realize how much of my life has been focused on my hair. …

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RED HAIR QUANDARY

Here’s the problem. I was born a redhead, and that’s the main reason why my husband married me. He adores redheads. But somewhere along the …

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BIRD MAN OF DERRY

I married the Bird Man. This obsession of his is deeply rooted in his childhood summers spent with Uncle Kenny on the turkey farm in …

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DANDELION POPPER

It’s the time of year again when those sneaky little devils start popping up all over the lawn. Their perky blossoms shout out in contrast …

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SCATTERED SHOWERS

Long ago, the poet T.S. Eliot wrote this: ‘April is the cruelest month”. I think I may know what he meant. Days and days of …

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