Posted December 30, 2016
This is a test. It is only a test, that’s what I keep telling myself. If this was my version of reality, I wouldn’t be sitting at my dining room table with the wind howling through my patio doors. I would be in an office, where I would have been capable… Read More »
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Posted December 22, 2016
The definition of advent is the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. As Catholics, we define Advent as the season of four weeks before Christmas. It’s not supposed to be about cards or shopping or decorating. It is supposed to be about preparing our souls, our minds and… Read More »
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Posted December 8, 2016
I have never been this behind for Christmas. Actually, I’m not just behind, I have barely begun. I have been sick, and while it is not terminal, it was 14 weeks in length. I am addicted to college football (I may need to go to meetings). Last week, we had football in… Read More »
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Posted November 23, 2016
Two weeks out from the Election, let’s talk about something a bit more soothing, shall we? For me, the most soothing activity there is occurs when I am reading a book. Reading is my favorite hobby and I readily admit, my favorite activity. Even though I essentially read every moment I… Read More »
Categories: Book Reviews, This and That, Wyo Sal
Posted November 10, 2016
Newsflash: The world is not ending. I awoke to college students chanting, “He is not my president.” Guess what? While you breathe our air and drive on our roads and become more educated in our classrooms, yes, yes, he is. For eight years, the person for whom I did not vote… Read More »
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Posted October 27, 2016
I’ll say one thing for this election that is blessedly nearing its end… It has gotten me praying more urgently and more frequently than I ever have before. Last week, I heard one candidate talk about being pro life and appointing Supreme Court justices who believed the same. I heard another… Read More »
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Posted October 19, 2016
It was just a regular Saturday, with some errand running, cleaning, magazine reading and cooking. When the friend arrived for dinner, I announced that we were moving furniture the next day. He has a penchant for handy to have household assists that are sold on cable television very late at… Read More »
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Posted October 13, 2016
So the week has been interesting. Terrific, painful, excruciating and interesting. What I realized, for not even close to the first time, was that when things get totally out of whack, the best solution has always been and always will be simply this — call your mother. My mother has… Read More »
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Posted October 7, 2016
So three generations of “we” attended the 12th annual Wyoming Women’s Expo last weekend. The daughter is beginning to show the world that grandchild number two is cookin’ away. She put the “Big Sister” shirt on the granddaughter “so people won’t think this is just a beer belly,” she said.… Read More »
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Posted September 22, 2016
So when discussing being a guest blogger here, the suggestion was that I could write about anything I wanted, without fear of corporate correctness or editing. So far, I’ve written about travel, football and football as it relates to church, which I didn’t even know was a topic. My encouragers… Read More »
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