Rescuing the World, One purse at a time
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Where have all the ent wives gone?
Happy Post-Valentine’s Day. Let’s come up with another name for that. I will be leaving Valentine’s decorations up until approximately 6:02 am on March 1. Then they all come down, I’ll put up my scant few St. Patrick’s Day decorations, which will come down app. 6:02 am on March 18 because Easter is early April
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The days dwindle down
In “September Song” (Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson) is a line I repeat often this time of year: Oh the days dwindle down, to a precious few, September,November,And these few precious days I spend with you. I’m always a bit melancholy when November ends. But I get over it when December begins.Below is a reprint
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Recommendation Thursday
A THANKSGIVING SONG I RECOMMEND BOOKS I RECOMMEND Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 by Juan WIlliams Read this one to recount some of our darkest years as a nation and some of our brightest heroes. A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (even if you flunked algebra)
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It’s the best(ish) month of the year!
https://youtu.be/w9zPkjhKZCE Honestly, for 97% of this video my eyes are open. How does the little gremlin that lurks in my computer always always ALWAYS choose the dorkiest photo for the thumbnail? If I ever get hold of him…to the moon! “We Gather Together (to Ask the Lord’s Blessing”) is the hymn that started my love
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Weapons of War
If war is here, I am collecting my battle gear. No cowering in the library with chocolates and chips. I’m entering the fray. Starting out with my favorite blunt instrument: long-windedness. This video is 5+ minutes!
Honk
You know that Scripture about how the church needs all its members? Using the analogy of the body—if every part was an eye, how would we hear? And so on and so on. How about the analogy of America to a goose? We need the right wing and left wing to fly. But if we
I Are That Woman
Literary devices are so delightful. If I were organized I’d do a series on them. But I’m not, so I won’t. But for now I’d like you to meet my dear friend, Enallage. The intentional substitution of one grammatical form for another that might make one (aka me) look illiterate. You have to watch the
Bringing Back Back-to-School decorating
When a woman of a certain age has a vast array of memorabilia dating back to the Kennedy era, is she supposed to let it molder in boxes? When a woman who writes books is supposed to be publicizing an upcoming release, does she talk about the book? The answer to both the above questions
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