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Around Here: July 2009
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Friday, July 17, 2009. A Little Peace and Quiet. Or Not. It was finally sort of quiet around my house last week. For the first time, I was alone for much of the time at our new home. Gary was working, which isn’t unusual. Logan was away at camp, which is. A little while after that, another doggy alarm led me to the door. Who needs to wait for the doorbell with these two around? Thursday we did a test run by cooking some of the same things we were planning on making for everyone Friday. Since we have ...
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Around Here: February 2009
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009. Yesterday was one of my very favorite days. I know a lot of people think Valentine’s Day is just a created holiday to sell things, but I like celebrating love. It is easy to get so busy in the day to day things of life that you don’t take time to tell people how you feel. Having a day set aside forces you, or should, to take that time. Unfortunately, he had no clue that I even existed, and wasn’t too impressed that I did exist once he discovered who I was. He and h...The mos...
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Around Here: The Last Word
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Well, here it is. I’ve been thinking about it for a while. Wondering and worrying and weighing the options. But in the end, the best choice is this one. This is my final column. It hurts to write those words, because, well, I love writing these words. My readers are precious to me, as are the relationships I have formed over the years with the good people that read the Blytheville Courier. Does it make sense? Yes Most days, I would have done my job for free, just for the joy of...
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Around Here: September 2009
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Sunday, September 27, 2009. Of Opposites and Attractions. We deal with opposites a lot around my house. I’m the only female, so we have a lot of girl versus boy things. I do a quite a few things I never thought I would simply because the boys want to. Then again, Logan has to do quite a few things he would prefer not to because I, the Mom, have decreed it shall be so. Jake thinks he weighs ten pounds. He watches Chance jump up in our laps, and he tries to. It doesn’t work quite as well for ...When Jake r...
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Around Here: June 2009
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Friday, June 19, 2009. Daddy Made Me Do It. When I was growing up, there were a few things that were absolute in our house. We didn’t question if we could or couldn’t do certain things. There was no question. We knew. We knew, because Dad had said. And, as he likes to quote from a verse in the bible, "Thereunto is the end of the matter.". Daddy made me do it. When I became I mother, I realized we were parenting with set boundaries and strong guidelines. My child is required to respect me. He help...We kn...
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Around Here: December 2008
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Monday, December 22, 2008. Lights Of The Delta. If you’ve not been out to Lights of the Delta this year, you are missing a treat. We were one of about a dozen hardy souls who went the night after the sleet and snow, when the roads were the worst. We weren’t sure they would be open, but they were. There are enough new displays, and familiar displays with new features added, to make it worth a trip even if you have been before. I think it is better this year than ever. We did it last year, and it was a suc...
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Around Here: November 2009
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Sunday, November 22, 2009. This year has flown by. It’s almost time for the holidays again. It doesn’t seem like that long since I was packing the decorations away, and now it is time to get them out again. The holidays mean lights, and this year our excellent Lights of the Delta have agreed to accept donations of toys or canned food in lieu of payment to go through the display for Boxes of Love opening night. How amazing is that? My nephew and his wife are leaving for Tanzania, Africa during the holiday...
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Around Here: August 2009
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Monday, August 31, 2009. City Vs. Country. I’ve always had a split personality of sorts when it comes to the things and places I enjoy. I grew up in a city, but loved going camping with my family. I like being a part of the whole, never having to wonder what to do because you live in a place where there are hundreds of things to do at any time of the day or night and thousands of people to do it with. Things change. Part of that change is because the country boy that didn’t like me much married...Part of...
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Around Here: November 2008
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Sunday, November 16, 2008. Of Trails, Trailers, and Traditions. My Mom and Dad just got back. My husband went a few weeks ago. My son can’t wait to go. I, on the other hand, am not so anxious. I am talking about that almost holy and oh so glorious place, the deer woods. The "deer woods" is a different location for different folks. For my husband, it is several locations. One main place and a few backup places. But for my parents, it has been one spot for more than three decades. The week of deer camp was...
