Boring Post for Saturday--Music Man
I know I have mentioned it before, but my grandson is musical. He likes to listen to music. He wants it on in the car. He wants me to turn it on at my house. I even bought a Christmas CD recently...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord,You love me more than I am able to love. And I can love. You are patient and kind with me. You provide me with all that I need. You listen to my complaints and my rejoicing. Thank You for...
View ArticleMLK Day
Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I think it is a holiday that has looked for a purpose. I have heard advice to do something positive in one's community to honor Dr. King and that...
View ArticleLet It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
When I was first a librarian back in the 1970s, I used to put up bulletin boards on the walls of my library. I changed them with the season. After Christmas I would put up a winter bulletin board....
View ArticleFrench Toast Emergency
I wonder whether the same is true in every city? When a snowstorm is predicted, everybody and their brother runs to the store to buy bread, milk and eggs. These are the ingredients to the making of...
View ArticleSlipper Girls
I gave my granddaughter sparkly shoes for Christmas. She loves them. She lets me know every time I see her. I can see shoe shopping may become our thing. She likes clothes and shoes and is very...
View ArticleAsk and You Will Receive
Last week my sister and I toured a long term care facility. At 100 and a half my mom is getting difficult for my sister to take care of. One of the concerns is that although Mom doesn't talk much...
View ArticleBoring Post for Saturday--The Work of Childhood
I wasn't able to have my grandson come over last weekend. He had been exposed to Covid and the weather was snowy, so Grandma was not going to see him. I really miss him when he doesn't come. When...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord,Where will I go someday again? Where will You take me? What places are still part of my journey? I have loved the places I have been. I felt You hold my hand and take me there. Where will...
View ArticleHey, G00Gl3
I got a device this fall. It is one of those talk to devices. The main thing I like is that it has photos of the grandchildren on it. They rotate through and I see the things that they have done in...
View ArticleWinter, Go Away
When my grandchildren are bothered by someone they quickly shout, "Go Away!" It isn't the most polite thing to say, but it gets the point across. I have been told to Go Away a few times. As an...
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Holy Land, Memories
Four years ago I was in Israel. It was the trip of a lifetime. The photo is one of the gates to old town Jerusalem. This gate was not there at the time of Christ. I think this one might be the Lion...
View ArticleLittle Girl Dresses
When my son was little, I made a lot of his clothing. I made shirts that buttoned up and overalls. It was fun and less expensive than clothes that I could buy in Japan at the time. I really enjoyed...
View ArticleSpam. Spam. Spam!
My phone blocks spam several times a day. Spam comes in the middle of the night, in the middle of the day and at all other times. I don't answer numbers that I do not recognize. My G---gle...
View ArticleBoring Post for Saturday--Christmas at Grandma's House
I packed away most of my Christmas decorations a few weeks ago. I even took everything downstairs. But, as per usual, there were a few things I over looked and one thing I left out intentionally....
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Sunday Prayers
Jesus,You chose to live in Capernum. It was a city with many, many people. Simon Peter lived there. It was a busy place on the banks of the sea of Galilee. It was Your place. I imagine it felt...
View ArticleJanuary, the Last
So, January is finishing up. It has been a challenging couple of years. The challenges aren't over, but maybe they will be someday. I am declaring this day as I new start, a new year. Pandemics,...
View ArticleOld Ladies Unite
I am an old lady. My hair is going gray. I am retired and I couldn't imagine working these days. I am a grandma. I ask for help with technology and fixing things. I have arthritis. There is no...
View ArticleGround Hogs Day
If there were ever a silly holiday, it is Ground Hogs Day. The ground hog sees his shadow and we have 6 more weeks of winter. Who invented such a day? It appears to be some of my ancestors, the...
View ArticleDoes Your Throat Hurt?
It my youth, on the closest Sunday to February 3, the priest would have us come up at the end of Mass for the blessing of the throat. He held two candles over the throat and said a prayer. I once...
View ArticleThe Ends Justifies....
I have been lied to and tricked into looking completely stupid from time to time. I am gullible. I am sometimes an easy mark. I am not as suspicious as perhaps I should be. But, I can tell you one...
View ArticleBoring Post for Saturday--Going to Grandma's House
A while ago when I would pick up my grandson to come to my house to play we would have a long silent car ride to my house unless I sang something or put on a CD in the car. These days we have...
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Sunday Prayers
Dear Lord,You brought me to this place I am today. I might have regrets, might wish I could go way back and do things differently. But, You brought me here to this place and time for a reason. I...
View ArticleSo Long, Its Been Good to Know You
I know a woman a bit older than I am, in her 70s who is a self proclaimed "old hippy." She is in pretty good health. She lives alone. She is very opposed to the COVID vaccine. She has been...
View ArticleA Break
I am taking a little bloggy break. I am not sure when I will be back. I find blogging to be a chore lately and find that I have nothing I want to say. So, until next time. So long.
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