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Yearly Archives: 2008
Vacation travels 1
What would a family trip be, without the option to look in on ourselves and other people traveling and gaining a better insight into the human condition? We start at the home front and look in at my own family … Continue reading →
Rinny
She came to us a stray, pregnant, ready to give birth. It was 1990. We fed her outside the house for a few days before she gave birth in our backyard. Little did we know the effect this cat would … Continue reading →
What are you reading?
I was never much of a reader when I was young. Though my parents encouraged me to read, I never found it interesting enough. I don’t know if school helped or not, since there were no books in my early … Continue reading →
About writing
Recently I ran into an author/illustrator of books, Richard Torrey. I’ve been acquainted with him for years, ever since I had his daughter in my class. We got to talking about storytelling and writing. He was in the process of … Continue reading →
The shopping mind
How do you shop? For me it depends on what I’m shopping for. There are those stores that I go to that I’m determined to be in and out as quick as possible. I go in get what I’m planning … Continue reading →
Face it
Under you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, grumpy faces don’t always mean grumpy people, but I do wonder at times if that is true. I think this is a chicken or the egg, which came first type paradox. … Continue reading →
Finding old memories
I’m finding it difficult to write lately. I have lots of ideas that go through my head, but when I want to write them down, I forget what it was I was thinking. Hopefully I’ll come up with a better … Continue reading →
Father’s expectations
When I look though my photo albums of my father, he always seems to be smiling. What amazes me is that is not the image of him that I remember. My father was always very demanding and hard to please. … Continue reading →
Name that tune
When I was 7 years old, my parents bought me my first harmonica. Having had no instruction how to play it, I would just blow into it to get various notes. One day by happenstance I breathed in while playing … Continue reading →
You never know who’s watching!
It’s the nature of a good storyteller/writer to be a good listener and watcher. I don’t mean in the sense of when someone is talking to you that you should focus on what they’re saying, maintain eye contact, become involved … Continue reading →
