Oh, Joyce and Matt and babes, They had a ‘Ru packed full. They’d filled it up with camping stuff Then unpacked it all again. ‘Cause when you’re well, you’re well, And when you’re gone, you’re gone. But ’till I see the surgeon Wednesday I’m neither well nor gone. ~ I warned several of you that [...]

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I am already on my fifth movie of the day.  Some of them have been short, of course. Yesterday I maybe did too much; in between lying around and watching movies I cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed, and tried to catch up on paperwork.  Overnight my fever returned with a vengeance, to 102*F.  This morning I [...]

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After lying low, zoning out on old movies, and napping all day, I thought I had the worst of the Carmen flu licked. Until a little while ago. It’s awfully hard to get a good night’s sleep when you’re coughing your throat raw.  It’s even harder when your fever, just about gone all day, is [...]

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A few weeks ago, right before bed, I logged into Facebook to browse through a friend’s photos. I really don’t like using Facebook (for a variety of reasons that I won’t discuss here), but friends sometimes post their photos in their Facebook account and in order for me to view them I, too, must hold [...]

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It was cool and windy, but still plenty warm enough for a trip to the beach.  We had been working too hard for too long, and needed to get away from the city, if just for a morning. We brought the things we needed:  breakfast tacos, tractors, water, buckets, and a couple of gardening trowels. [...]

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1)  The suburbs can be scary:  Recently a couple of Cinco Ranch high school students wrote a satirical op-ed piece about students and families from other high schools using Cinco Ranch-area chain restaurants as hang-outs.  This past Friday the students from Cinco Ranch and the other area high schools apparently used Facebook to stage a [...]

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Ever read something that you think about for days, even months later?  Those words visit and revisit, affirming the gladness of a day done well, and offering warm comfort when we need to stand against a mean wind.  Here’s a quote I’ve had in mind almost daily since becoming acquainted with it earlier this year.  [...]

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