Writing was challenging for my son. And deciding what to write was made even more difficult when the teacher provided the prompt: “What is your favorite. . . .?” She thought she was providing an easy writing prompt, but my son was stymied. How could he decide which was his very most favorite thing? And […]
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We were exploring. Marilyn and I had taken our children down to the Arroyo to explore. We weren’t sure what we were looking for, but we were exploring. The stream in the Arroyo had overflowed the banks. Sandra, my daughter, and Andy, Marilyn’s son, wanted to wade in the stream and explore the pathway through
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The hammering above me continued throughout the day. A new roof was in process. I kept the door to my office shut as I continued work on my blog. A tremendous crash came from the kitchen and reverberated through the house. Did one of the roofers fall through my ceiling? Was someone hurt? I abandoned
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I never thought the alphabet would create such an audacious challenge to my abilities, change my attitude and cause me to apologize for my awful frustrated expressions. I was confident that my blog would always be amazing and awesome. Then my attitude altered. I became anxious. Signing up with Bluehost was easy, but the Astra
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It volunteered to grow right in the middle of the flower bed in front of my house. It was about a foot tall when I discovered it. I wondered, Why now? It’s been more than five years since there was a hollyhock in this flower bed. Why did that seed wait so long to sprout?
