A week ago today Cousin Nancy passed away. She was only 49. Her funeral was truly a celebration of her life. There was as much laughter as there were tears. People remembered Nancy’s alter ego, the Flower Phantom. For over a year people at Nancy’s church would get bouquets of flowers from the mysterious Flower [...]
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I’m 47 years old. Until last week I was feeling a little sorry for myself about that. It’s so close to 50 and so far away from 25. In fact, when my thyroid was off a few months ago I honestly thought I was just feeling my age. No energy? Well, I’m 47. What do [...] Yesterday was quite a day. Farrah Fawcett passed away after a long battle with cancer. Michael Jackson died after an unexpected coronary event. The big take away for me was that illness can hit any of us at any time. Ironically yesterday also brought a letter from my health insurance company. My health insurance premiums [...] Wife in the North is a blog that was so popular that Judith O’Reilly, aka “the wife”, was offered a book deal. The blog chronicles Judith’s life as she adjusts from her posh life in London to living in country of Northumberland. The book, as well as the blog, is funny, touching and fills one [...] My brother has a wonderful pickup. It’s a ’79 Toyota with an unknown amount of mileage. It’s one of those old pickups that’s still going to be running 20 years from now. It’s huge. It’s handy. It’s dependable. I love that pickup. My brother has decided to sell the pickup or Old Gray as I [...] The anniversary of 9/11 was a few weeks ago. On that day I remembered how hard Peter Jennings worked. He was on television the entire day. He was calm. He was patient. He was a rock. I worked for a cell phone company then. There was so much confusion on that day. We didn’t know [...] Why don’t we do more to celebrate Leap Day? I think it’s a very exciting event. Just think about it. It’s a day that only comes once every four years. Take a good look around my friends. We won’t see another February 29 until 2012. What Were You Doing Four Years Ago? In February of [...] I still don’t believe in making resolutions but something happened this week that caused me to think twice about the subject. I had a busy day ahead of me on Wednesday. There was a lot on my to-do list. Before the day got going there was just one thing I wanted to check out. When [...] |
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