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These Are the Best Days – Recycled
This post from August 11, 2009 shows how life can change in two years. Our son and his fiance are now married. They are busy with their present jobs and contemplating new employment opportunities they hadn’t expected. Our daughter, who still lived with us two summers...
Lamaze for Writers
Writers often compare the process of writing and publishing a book to pregnancy and delivery. At least female writers who have given birth do. Want to know why they do it? Because, as this past week and a half have demonstrated, it’s the closest thing around to a...
Juggling Act
August has been a juggling act, ever since my editor sent the final page proofs for Different Dream Parenting. If correcting them had been the only thing that needed doing by the August 17 deadline, life would have been peachy. But the index also needs doing (betcha...
Chicken Stew with Ratatouille Veggies – Including Eggplant & Zucchini
Sorry this post is so late. My computer was dead, dead again this morning, so another flying trip to the Apple Genius Bar was required. Everything is fixed for the moment, so here’s the recipe Hiram and I field tested yesterday. It turned out to be a triple hit,...
I Am Such a Whiner
Okay, maybe I’m not a whiner in this picture. But photo search with the key phrase “Jolene whining” didn’t unearth anything. Not because I’m not a whiner. More likely because nobody thinks to grab the camera when I launch into a new litany of what’s wrong with my...
Geranium Whispers – Recycled
Today’s recycled post from August 8, 2009 is one of my all time faves, for several reasons. First, the accompanying photo is downright gorgeous. Second, the post is a good reminder of how much things change. Third, the post is a good reminder of how things stay the...