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Seven Quickly Taken Thoughts
Jennifer Fulwiler hosts this bloggy carnival, dance around and visit the rest.1. I got back from Oklahoma and Kansas last Friday night. Sister and I are writing a book or a series of juvenile...
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Fiddler on the Roof?
On a rainy Sunday at the beginning of June we could hear birds through the fireplace flue. So I went out to see what was up. There was a big bird up there.It was a hawk. Given the time of year I...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord, You love is endless. The good that You wish for me is ever present. Help me to become a reflection of that love. A shadow of You. Amen
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O Boy, O Boy
So, in 1980 I had my first and only living child. He was perfect. The most beautiful baby ever born, as I recall. Active, squally, but beautiful. And I can't say his growing up years were...
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Oklahoma--Where the Wind.....
My sister and I had planned since last year's trip to Oklahoma to return again this year. Last year we agreed to say that we were researching a family book. It seemed like polite fiction. We had fun...
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Oklahoma--Sweeping Down the Plain
On June 12 my sister and I got up early in the sparkling heat and drove west. I wanted to see the Washita battlefield, Custer's first last stand. Custer and his cavalry ambushed Black Kettle and his...
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Oklahoma--We Know We Belong to the Land
After lunch we headed down to Colony.Now to you and most of Oklahoma, Colony is a little bump on the map. A village with a Post Office and café that is open at lunch time. Last year the café was open...
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7 Quick Takes
Jennifer Fulwiler hosts this bloggy carnival. Go visit around.1. Last Saturday was the Magnificat women's prayer breakfast. The speaker was a concentration camp survivor--she was East German and was...
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Oklahoma--The Land We Belong to Is Grand
After Colony, I got the wild idea to try to find the Darlington Agency at El Reno. Last year when we were at Fort Reno the woman had given me a general idea of where the site of the old Indian Agency...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord, brick by brick my life is built. As the building progresses I often get confused by the stones, lost in the shadows. But, Your purpose and Your love and grace are there, constant as the stone....
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Oklahoma--OK
I am continuing my beginning of June book research trip with my sister. It was a quick trip with 2 nights in western Oklahoma and one night in Kansas and then home. We were retracing the steps of our...
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Oklahoma--Chicks and Ducks and Geese....
When it comes right down to it, it is all about the marketing, isn't it. Perhaps it shouldn't be, but often it is. Since last year my sister and I had talked about going way down to Duncan, Oklahoma...
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Kansas--Border Queen
I have always said that my grandpa was from Oklahoma, but when I looked more closely at my information, I realized that in fact Harry was born in Kansas. He was born at Caldwell, KS about as close to...
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Kansas--I Know That It Is the 4th of July
Wichita, Kansas had never ever been on my radar as someplace I ever wanted to visit. I pictured hot, dry, cultural wasteland. The slick brochures never tempted me, until this trip. There was...
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7 Quick Takes
Jennifer Fulwiler hosts this carnival.. Go around and visit the rest.Stuff is going on around here. I probably won't have time to link this post to the carnival.1. So, Saturday, because my life did...
View ArticleYou Might Be From St. Louis If.......(Part 2)
People are really looking at my old You Know You Are From St. Louis Post that I wrote years ago for fun. I thought it was time to update it....So, you might be from St. Louis if you like cream cheese...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord, You have gifted me with extravagant love and mercy. Lord, You have watched over me and loved me even while I ran away from You. Lord, You have forgiven me my sins. I thank You and I praise You...
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Kansas--The Land of Cowtowns
In as much as Duncan, OK had been all slick advertising and not much to brag about, Wichita was a delight. The Old Cowtown Museum was exactly what we were looking for in history, relived. I took way...
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Wichita--Land of Surprises!
After the disappointing museum at Duncan, OK I was somewhat concerned that the Old Cowtown Museum in Wichita would be a waste of time. The same kind of slick brochure advertised the Cowtown and I was...
View ArticleAs a Deer
As a deer pants for the streams of running water, my soul longs for you, O God.Do I long for God? Are You the first thing on my mind and heart each day?If I am honest, I long for companionship, for...
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