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The Nut doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree
The first thing we are going to say is….I am at DD’s home in Chicago this weekend. She and I have decided (I have not DICTATED) that we are going to do a TEAM blog today. Hooray. Hopefully we will...
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If I Were Going on a Trip, Would You Come Along for the Ride?
I feel a little like I am going on a trip, although for this “trip” I’m not leaving town. I’m just going to go across town to a local university, but I think I need for you to come along with me...
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A Road Trip and Killer Clowns!
Nikki (14) and Jay (13) are here for their Spring Break this week. Last Sunday we met their mom half-way to pick them up. Five hours down just Hubby and me, lunch with DIL and kids, five hours home...
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A Waiting Murder
They watched in silence, by design blending with their surroundings, unnoticed by the passing motorists. They were waiting for the perfect time to make their move. It was early in the day and there...
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A Fishing Story
I had to write three short stories for my fiction writing class. Two that I wrote were meant to be funny. This one was my attempt at writing something serious. This idea for a story has been...
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Booorrrring!
This is so boring — and embarrassing! Standing here in easy view from the road with this silly rubber-tired “girly” wagon hooked up to me instead of some “manly” farm wagon or even just my usual...
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I Didn’t Win . . .
. . . but the nice thing about writing a blog, is that you can “self-publish!” The following is one of the two stories I submitted to a short story contest while I was taking my writing class. It is...
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A Story About Fishing
Talking about fiction writing recently made me think again about the three stories I wrote in the fiction writing class I took last year. And, today I decided to re-play one of them. The story is...
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The subject was “Arts and Crafts”
DD and her girls have a tradition of telling stories around the table after dinner. When we were there recently, the subject that Mimi gave us was “arts and crafts”. Once the subject has been given,...
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