To Sandy, From Henry: A Christmas Story About his paintings, Norman Rockwell said, “The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.” I grew up in Norman Rockwell’s small town America, where celebrating Christmas was wonderful and beautiful. This is aContinue reading “Merry Christmas”
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Buttontapper Challenge for January
January’s Theme: New Year, New You! Starting in January 2018, author Laura Roberts will be hosting monthly challenges on her website Buttontapper Press and will comment on the Buttontapper Challenge page on Facebook. I’m joining her challenge. My goal will be to post daily, but I recognize that sometimes life gets in the way, and I’mContinue reading “Buttontapper Challenge for January”
An Early Christmas Present
This week I received an early Christmas present, the kind that no amount of money can buy. I found a comment on one of my earlier posts, E is for Eritrea, from one of the boys on Team USA while I was in Eritrea in 2004. And that means I also have a way toContinue reading “An Early Christmas Present”
Giving Thanks
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Eight-Week Challenge Final Report
Weeks Five through Eight did not vary enough from the previous four weeks for me to have much to say worth sharing. In this final report I will focus on what I learned through setting out this personal challenge. Again, a reminder of my goals: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, walk atContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge Final Report”
My Most Memorable Independence Days
Happy Fourth of July! As we approached celebrating our country’s 241st birthday, I thought about a couple of my memorable Fourths of July. Two things made the two mentioned below memorable: they diverged from the usual picnics and fireworks, and both involve Iran. July 4, 1976 The first was July 4, 1976, our Bicentennial Independence Day.Continue reading “My Most Memorable Independence Days”
Eight-Week Challenge: Weeks Three and Four
Weeks Three and Four: small improvements from Weeks One or Two. Again, a reminder of my goals: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, walk at least 5,000 steps per day, spend one day a week reading the backlog of magazines sitting on the end table, and write at least 500 words per dayContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Weeks Three and Four”
Eight-Week Challenge: Week Two
Week Two: not much difference from Week One. Again, a reminder of my goals: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, walk at least 5,000 steps per day, spend one day a week reading the backlog of magazines sitting on the end table, and write at least 500 words per day for at leastContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Two”
Eight-Week Challenge: Week One
It’s time to report on the results of my first week. As a reminder, my goals for the eight-week challenge: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, walk at least 5,000 steps per day, spend one day a week reading the backlog of magazines sitting on the end table, and write at least 500Continue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week One”
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