Posted September 15, 2016
In early February, America celebrated the 50th Super Bowl. Our “local” team, the Denver Broncos, won it and so folks were keyed in and keyed up around here. The tiny parish held a fundraiser, selling deli trays that were delivered on the afternoon of the Super Bowl. Parishioners raised thousands… Read More »
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Posted September 8, 2016
Self-loathing is far too strong; annoyed too weak. That’s the way it’s been with me lately, too strong or too weak. When an always happy, always sunny, always glass half-full kind of girl suffers several blows in a short period of time — and then reflects that they were nearly… Read More »
Categories: This and That, Wyo Sal
Posted September 1, 2016
I had never looked forward to a trip “home” more. Not for Packers-Bears, not for Brett Favre’s last playoff win against the Seahawks, not even for Mom’s surprise 75th birthday party or the cousins’ reunion she worked to organize for more than a year. For some reason, I felt a… Read More »
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Posted August 25, 2016
Comparing and contrasting two authors I have not previously read is, in my opinion, like trying to tell you about Santa Claus and the tooth fairy. Reading and the pure joy of it is so deeply personal that I feel almost guilty sharing an opinion. But then I remember that… Read More »
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Posted August 18, 2016
The drive took 40 minutes, the task less than five. Knowing we would be out of town for the primary election, we voted absentee for the first time in our many decades of voting. We did get stickers, but we certainly don’t deserve any special praise. I would never consider… Read More »
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