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Mystery Twofer

Posted on 08/29/2008 by chick

I offer you a Mystery Twofer. First, Mystery Flower #6. I found this flower growing alongside the walking path in a sunny area. It has a sickeningly sweet smell, as I recall, and is very popular with the insects. This … Continue reading →

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The Battle for the Gold

Posted on 08/28/2008 by chick

What is this? Can it be a free moment of time? A moment to spend frivolously on anything I please? It does appear to be one. Are our Olympics over? Hardly. We didn’t think the 3-Month Wedding Planning event was … Continue reading →

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Olympic Effort

Posted on 08/13/2008 by chick

I am like the Michael Phelps of wedding planning. Eat…sleep…work…plan wedding. When do I get my medal?

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Weddings=Work

Posted on 08/10/2008 by chick

I am so far behind on blogging. I haven’t told you about the second half of my vacation, or the books I’ve read recently, or my progress on the wedding plans. It is the wedding plans that are causing the … Continue reading →

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Cat-Aclysm?

Posted on 08/10/2008 by chick

How many times have Faithful Reader and I joked about going to the Kitty Farm to adopt a new cat? I can’t speak for Faithful Reader, but I never intended to go. And yet on July 27th, we went to … Continue reading →

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The Bruce Is Back

Posted on 08/05/2008 by chick

It had been months since we last knowingly heard from Bruce, an obviously troubled man who had been desperately reaching out for his old friend. I say “knowingly” because we no longer have caller ID, so Bruce may be also … Continue reading →

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Got Soul?

Posted on 07/31/2008 by chick

My pictures of Niagara Falls made me start thinking about photography as an art. They’re fine pictures, but they’re “stock.” You can go online and find the same pictures on other websites, not because the contributors all stole from each … Continue reading →

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Wilted Woods

Posted on 07/23/2008 by chick

The woods were dark and lonely yesterday evening. The clouds had prematurely aged the day, and the looming threat of rain kept all but the serious joggers at home. It was so quiet that I heard every rustle as various … Continue reading →

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Soul Exercise

Posted on 07/02/2008 by chick

When I came home from my walk the other day, my camera loaded with new pictures, our house guest said something like, “So your walk isn’t really for exercise, but more for picture taking?” And my reply went something like … Continue reading →

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Make Love, Not War

Posted on 06/28/2008 by chick

People can surprise you. At any time, words may come out of their mouths that you never could have anticipated. This happened to me just a couple of weeks ago during lunch with Faithful Reader’s parents, when his mother shared … Continue reading →

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