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Photo Challenge: From Every Angle: Colorado Flower

This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is: From Every Angle. The challenge is to photograph a person, piece of fruit, toy—any stationary object and experiment by photographing it from different angles. So my contribution is Colorado Flower.

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Yard of the Month…Who Would Have Guessed?

It is official. I have a sign in my front lawn proving it. My yard was selected the town’s Yard of the Month, and my neighbors are probably shaking their heads in amazement. This is the same lawn that has suffered through years of my futile attempts to care for it myself. My thumb of… Continue reading Yard of the Month…Who Would Have Guessed?

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Advice from a young TED speaker: Start a TED-Ed Club at your school

This youngster is learning the power and freedom of  listening to her little voice, walking through the fear, and sharing it with others. Posted by: Adora Svitak August 28, 2015 at 5:34 pm EDT If you watch my TED Talk from 2010, you might see a confident 12-year-old, cracking jokes and striding around the stage… Continue reading Advice from a young TED speaker: Start a TED-Ed Club at your school

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If I’m Over 60, I Must Not Be Having Sex

Originally posted on Life in the Boomer Lane:
Thanks to an article on BBC.com, we now know that the vast majority of movie goers would prefer not to see people post-60 having sex onscreen. This fact dovetails with the vast majority of people post-60 who would prefer not to watch themselves having sex. In spite…

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3 Day Quote Challenge Day 3

Deb at Once Upon a Hot Flash (https://onceuponahotflash.wordpress.com) put my name in for the 3 Day Quote Challenge, where we are to pick a quote and write about its meaning…at least how we understand or interpret it. In this Day 3 quote I’m calling on the late Ann Richards and her wonderful sense of humor… Continue reading 3 Day Quote Challenge Day 3

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3 Day Quote Challenge Day 2

Deb at Once Upon a Hot Flash (https://onceuponahotflash.wordpress.com) put my name in for the 3 Day Quote Challenge, where we are to pick a quote and write about its meaning…at least how we understand or interpret it. Three Day Quote Challenge ~ Rules: Post a quote a day for 3 consecutive days. Nominate 3 different… Continue reading 3 Day Quote Challenge Day 2

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3 Day Quote Challenge Day 1

Deb at Once Upon a Hot Flash (https://onceuponahotflash.wordpress.com) put my name in for the 3 Day Quote Challenge, where we are to pick a quote and write about its meaning…at least how we understand or interpret it. Three Day Quote Challenge ~ Rules: Post a quote a day for 3 consecutive days. Nominate 3 different… Continue reading 3 Day Quote Challenge Day 1

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Water Bags and Sleeping Bags

Summers always remind me of vacations we took as kids. I recall one particular trip that six of us piled into our ’54 Ford and drove from Littlefield, TX to California. Some may remember that in the summer of ’55 most cars did not have air conditioning (ours was one of those), I-40 was still… Continue reading Water Bags and Sleeping Bags