Archive for February, 2009
Week Eight of 52 Stories: Into the Woods
Posted on 25. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
This is for the 52 Stories group on Flickr where we take one picture a week and write a story. This is mine for Week Eight.
On our walk at the park today, Greta and I took veered off of the paved trails and onto a narrow dirt path carved along the creek. [...]
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Spring in Air
Posted on 24. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
Long ago, I learned that it was better to take my cues as to the season from Mother Nature instead of the calendar. The earth has “broken the back” of winter when Greta, my almost 9-year old Bouvier begins sleeping on tile instead of carpet. There are the first flowers of spring, the daffodils, which [...]
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In the Spirit of Lent
Posted on 22. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
It has been suggested to me that meditation would be of assistance to lowering my blood pressure. I tried meditation about five or six years ago but was not successful at quieting my mind. I had found a teacher, but the stress of the divorce was non conducive to adding to [...]
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Update on Golf
Posted on 21. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
While I hate actually watching myself, the fact that my golf teacher tapes our lessons and sends them to me is helpful.
My biggest issues are the grip of my right hand, the early breaking of my left arm, and the shift of weight on my right knee. But I am seeing improvement in my [...]
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of Growth and Progression
Posted on 21. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
I usually hold my thoughts on focus, publicly, for All Things Girl, but this week I find it spilling out of me. My column for February, about what’s inside this heart of mine and remembering to follow it. It’s the extension of two of my words from last year – passion and courage. Especially courage. [...]
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For the Love of My Crockpot
Posted on 20. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
One of the best creations in kitchen appliances has to be The Crock pot. On days that are busy or nights that I have school, if it weren’t for my crock pot, I think we’d wind up eating sandwiches or frozen dinners. This week, we’ve had Garlic Roasted Chicken with Potatoes, Modified Swiss Steak, Turkey [...]
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Instead of Sheep
Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
If you are a lover of old movies, you may recall this from White Christmas….
If you’re worried and you can’t sleep
just count your blessings instead of sheep
and you’ll fall asleep, counting your blessings..
It’s good advice, even if it came from the mind of Irving Berlin and the lips of Bing Crosby. Over a year ago, [...]
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Week Six of 52 Stories: Lovers in the Spring
Posted on 14. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
This is for the 52 Stories group on Flickr where we take one picture a week and write a story. This is mine for Week Six.
People watching is certainly a pastime of which I see as one of those guilty pleasures in life. People are fascinating as they go about their lives, often oblivious [...]
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Happy 200th Mr. Lincoln
Posted on 12. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
Today is the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The 16th President of the United States, serving during a time of stress and strife for the Nation – the Civil War (or “War Between the States” or “War of Northern Aggression”). I am not eloquent enough to express the greatness of this [...]
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Customer Service and Boobs (or how I spent my afternoon)
Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
I spent my morning on the golf course and have some thoughts about my play (as always) some thoughts on “golf etiquette” and some thoughts on being a woman playing golf when 98% of the other players are men. But that will wait til later.
Instead, I wanted to talk about Boobs. Not that I don’t [...]
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Doing Nothing is Not An Option
Posted on 09. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
Visitors here know that the discussion of politics is not a typical thing for me. I talked about it briefly on Election Night. If isn’t that I don’t have opinions. I’m very opinionated and attempt to educate myself about what is going on in the world. As I educate myself, sometimes my opinions change. [...]
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Thinking of Spring
Posted on 08. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
It’s February. According to the calendar, Spring is still another month away…and if we listen to old Phil from Pennsylvania, we’ve got six more weeks of winter coming (well, five now, since that prediction was made a week ago). I am ever the optimist…and hope that no matter what Phil says, Spring will [...]
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Shaking My Head at The City
Posted on 08. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
I enter and exit through my garage. The front door is for answering when UPS delivers and other such rarities, which means I open it maybe once a week. When I pull into the driveway and see something stuck on the door, I open it and clear it off.
This morning, after the grocery store, I [...]
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Week Five of 52 Stories: Rex
Posted on 07. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
This is for the 52 Stories group on Flickr where we take one picture a week and write a story. This is mine for Week Five.
All was quiet in the Smouse House.
I remember that it was a Sunday and the sun had barely peeked over the horizon and had not yet risen enough to [...]
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Engaging in Conversation
Posted on 06. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
I’ve learned that there are less than half the number of women traveling for business as men. I see it when folks are checking in along side me, in the airport, and in the hotel restaurant….or bar. More than half of the meals I eat when I am on the road take place at the [...]