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“I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.” William James When I was a teenager, I was really interested in the performing arts. I loved music. I wrote songs, I played guitar, I acted in plays, I danced, but I did not have a very powerful singing voice. My [...] “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” - Hamilton Wright Mabi Now that I have an opportunity to write, I’m realizing that I really missed my daily postings last week! It reminds me of when I moved away from home to go to the University of [...] “Everyone eats and drinks, yet few appreciate food.” Confucious Big Daddy-O was away and the girls and I had to run an errand in the late afternoon. It took longer than I had anticipated, so at 5:20 pm I decided to pick-up Chinese food for dinner instead of cooking at home. “But I don’t [...] “A three-year-old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm.” Bill Vaughn When Fig is too quiet, it usually means trouble. I was in Pip’s bedroom, assisting with her fifteenth costume-change of the [...] “Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.” George Burns Do you remember Grassman? Well, he’s still around. He’s been hanging out on our kitchen counter with our jade plant, watching the fall storms blow through our yard. Some of [...] “The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor.” Chinese Proverb We don’t typically eat dessert, but every once in awhile Big Daddy-O brings home some sugary delight when he goes grocery-shopping. Last night it was those evil little two-bite brownies. Ironically, Pip didn’t even know they [...] “Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.” Peter De Vries When we were in Vancouver the week before last, my husband and I were filled with memories of our lives in the city. For some reason, we were often compelled to share little snippets of our past lives with our daughters. Interestingly enough, [...] “Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.” George Saunders I made a big mistake the other night. I took Fig’s diaper off and let her dance around the living-room in her birthday suit. It was just before the girls’ bath and she was only going to be naked for a few [...] “I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.” Oprah Winfrey I’ve never been a shoe-girl. I can think of one pair of slick black boots that I had a lengthy love affair with, but it ended badly when Lefty’s seam split up the back. I still compare new [...] |
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