narrow bands of time

Last weekend we made the familiar 10 hour drive south.  Since my husband and I wouldn't see my uncle until the next day and there were no motel rooms available anyway, we drove the extra hour into San Francisco. That choice gave us dinner at a favorite restaurant, and an unseasonably affordable, beautiful hotel room …

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hope and time

Time is moving on. I'm still mourning the end of Downton Abbey.  I wasn't finished with it yet.  There will be no familiar theme music at 9pm tonight.  I'll just have to deal with it. And Daylight Savings Time started today.  Spring Forward. I lost one precious hour and do not like it.  I know I'll …

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A Tale of Two Teeth

A long, long time ago, in a place far away, I married this great smile. Somewhere during the 2nd or 3rd year of "for better or for worse", and because of a night out playing ice hockey with the guys, it morphed into this toothless version. Over the years an interesting variety of bridges and "flippers" and …

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23,376 Days

There’s an old shed on our property that needs to come down… ever since we lived there actually... which is about 8,694 days.  But like many things, it was put on the back burner.  It was too cold outside, too rainy, too hot, too much stuff stored inside and what would we do with it all anyway? But …

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How DOES Time Work?

Last weekend was quiet, good actually. I read two books - one, a story of inspiration and healing from past hurts - the other, a picture of what heaven may be like. Reading wasn't all I did - I bought groceries, scrubbed and vacuumed, washed and dried a pile of laundry... even caught up my ironing. I'm a little …

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