Tag: relaxation
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Time Out
As my daughters became adults, I realized that the time we shared together would become less and less. Trying to think of some way to keep us from drifting apart, I felt that each year it would be nice for the three of us to do something special together. For a time that worked, but…
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Never Too Old!
When I am lucky enough to spend time at home alone, nothing suits me more than to have a girls’ night. You can bet it is always going to be an evening of laughter and fun! This time around, girlfriends were invited to a pajama party, yes, a pajama party! We tried to think…
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Lakeside Casual
One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. ~Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti, My Own Story In Maine, a favorite get away for a lot of folks is a lakeside camp. Camp means a cabin that…
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A Room of Her Own
Chances are you are reading this in a comfortable spot, perhaps, with the sun shining in over your shoulder. Chances are you’ve never been homeless, slept in your car or forced to live in an unsafe environment. Not all women, or people for that matter, are so lucky, and recognizing this The Women’s Home has…
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Say What!
Playing duplicate bridge is a great past time, good for the mind and a satisfying way to spend Sunday afternoons when the hubby is watching football or fixing the plumbing. It can, however, have its challenges. Take, for example, the bid cards. In duplicate you don’t bid out loud. You use cards, nice once…
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Leaving
First, let me say how lucky I am to live in two places that I love, but leaving each one is hard. This time of year finds us leaving Rockport to return to Houston, and I take with me memories and images that keep the place alive until we return. There’s the morning sound of…
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Delightful Sunday
Any Sunday is a perfect time for taking a walk running on the dirt road hiking playing on the rocks kayaking smelling the flowers reading napping meditating If I’m going to do all these favorite things, I better get moving. What are you doing on this seasonal Sunday? i love your comments, so jump right…
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Later
A summer Sunday and there’re linens to launder clothes to fold and some to iron bathrooms to clean and beds to make but wait, the sun is shining on the porch, the only sounds the wind rustling through the trees and boats rocking in the wind. I think I will go and rock and rock…