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May 15, 2020
Bat Out of Hell
Mid-May 2020 The other day I was driving Dear Husband, and myself, to the local flooring shop to select carpeting and flooring for our...
May 2, 2020
Sherman’s March to the Sea
2 May 2020 I continue with translation of THE DAWN into L’AUBE, at a pace that Dear Husband calls Sherman’s march to the sea. In reality,...
Apr 19, 2020
The Art Square
19 April 2020 Today, after a rather long hiatus of about six years from large-scale sewing projects, I started sewing a quilt. It’s...
Apr 12, 2020
Laying Down The Law - Leviticus 26:1-9
April 2020 Just as murder can be hazardous to your health, crime can be hazardous to the law. I long ago opined to my children that if...
Apr 1, 2020
The Turn of the Screw
April 2020 “I already know you’re screwing me. Don’t expect me to help you with it.” That nearly ribald statement was one that I made...
Mar 29, 2020
COVID Vichy
Easter 2020 I knew that it would not take long before the Macron government went full-Vichy, but I did not ever envision the post-card —...
Mar 22, 2020
The Mother Crumbles
Spring 2020 Goodness Gracious! Mother and her cookies have crumbled! I knew from the moment I saw this warning on the packaging: NEW...
Mar 17, 2020
Friend or Enemy - FOMO’d Again
St. Patrick’s Day 2020 The Fear Of Missing Out — FOMO — is a fear that I have very rarely felt or given into. Perhaps it is because my...
Mar 8, 2020
Christina Rossetti: Passionate Poetess
March 2020 Born in 1839 into a family of superlative artistic talents, Christina Rossetti, the youngest of the brood, developed her...
Feb 5, 2020
Working Notes - A Cowgirl's Prayer
Frontier Themes: A Cowgirl’s Prayer Thank you Lord for helping me through the night, Thank you for helping me see the Light. Thank you...
Feb 3, 2020
Volume II - Book Five: Pour La Victoire
February 2020 Many are the pleasures of a novelist when she discovers, or re-discovers, elements of her writing that she had long...
Jan 10, 2020
The Cowardice of the Bully
January 2020 The bully is the sneak-thief of decency. Unable to come out into the open and fight like an honorable human being, he, or...
Dec 31, 2019
L-o-v-e Themes - Modern Dating Lingo
Year's End 2019 Decades ago, I watched the Perry Mason Revival Movie series. Perry Mason returned, but the theme song got a bit mangled...
Dec 25, 2019
Santa in the Hoosegow
Christmas 2019 One of my all-time favorite tele-visual feasts at Christmastime is Episode #10 of Season 1 of Early Edition. This vintage...
Dec 22, 2019
The Bishop's Wife
Christmas 2019 Western Gifts from Writers These literary gifts are from writers of Western Civilization, but not necessarily from writers...
Dec 21, 2019
Light in the Darkness
21 December 2019 Solstice Saturday Light in the Darkness I am thinking today of a girl whom I knew, or thought I knew, as a child. She...
Dec 1, 2019
Heroes in Action
December 2019 He did not believe in me, but he did not believe in many things. Perhaps he’d once believed in hard work, but only because...
Nov 25, 2019
Hairy Scary
25 November 2019 This morning I decided to search online for instructions on creating a French twist. Yikes! There are portions of entire...
Nov 1, 2019
Life in Wartime
November 2019 Decades ago, during my single years, I routinely attended an aerobics class led by a gal who became a good friend. This...
Oct 31, 2019
Montaigne: Des Cannibales
Halloween 2019 They just don’t do cannibalism like they used to! Such was my response after reading “Des Cannibales,” Of Cannibals, the...
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