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Tag Archives: personal
The Things We Keep
Saturday our little neighborhood is having a garage sale. Since neither George nor I are packrats, I haven’t found too many things to offer at the end of my driveway. An old crockpot, a roaster oven, a camping stool, melamine … Continue reading
Posted in Favorite posts, Just Blogging
Tagged aging, family, Garage sales, home, life, marriage, memories, personal, women
13 Comments
Christmas in May
I just returned from visiting my sister-in-law, and my brother may not let me come back. My brother and sister-in-law are both retired and do everything together, including shopping. However, their shopping consists mainly of going to the hardware store. … Continue reading
Sorry, I Think You Have the Wrong Number
Many years ago, about 1980, my husband was issued a mobile phone for his work as Director of Security and Chief of Police for a university in Texas. It was a huge thing, the size of a brick and about … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged aging, home, humor, iPhone, life, personal, phones, Smart phones, technology, women
29 Comments
Learning History the Best Way
My girlfriend, Linda, is visiting this week. Since we’ve been friends for over fifty years, we know each other pretty darn well. Before she arrived, my husband made plans for her first few days with us as he would get … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged Friendship, History, humor, James River, Jamestown, marriage, personal
41 Comments
My Grandpa Could Sing Like George Beverly Shea
George Beverly Shea died Tuesday at the age of 104. Many of you have never heard of him, I’m sure, but I grew up listening to him sing gospel hymns in his booming baritone when he accompanied Billy Graham on … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged Billy Graham, George Beverly Shea, grandparents, life, personal, relationships, Singing
24 Comments
Sunrise on Chesapeake Bay
It is so rare to be able to see the sunrise over the water where you are treated to the awesome sight of that golden orb first breaking the surface of the horizon. Since I knew we were going across … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging, pictures
Tagged Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, personal, photography, photos, sunrise
30 Comments
Exhaustion
I am exhausted. Totally. Maybe it was staying up to midnight and beyond every night when my usual bedtime is 9:30. But when you get to spend a week with your daughter, son-in-law and granddaughters having an X-Men marathon, binging … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged children, family, grandparents, life, parenting, personal, women
36 Comments
Life is Just Like That
Today my beautiful little baby girl turned forty. Lest you say, as you surely will or should, “Susan, you are much too young to have a daughter that age,” our joke is that she is actually my husband’s daughter by … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged aging, Birthdays, family, life, personal, relationships, turning forty, women
45 Comments
Where Has the Time Gone?
Fifteen years ago today, I became a grandmother. I could have phrased this differently: My beautiful, talented granddaughter is fifteen years old today. But this is my blog, so it’s all about me. As I was saying, I became a … Continue reading
Posted in Favorite posts, Just Blogging
Tagged children, family, grandchildren, Grandparent, home, life, Love, personal, relationships
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