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The Business of Bathrooms
I’m just not a big fan of public restrooms. Roadside gas station latrines are at the top of my *eew* list. I still don’t understand the ceremony of going t0 a surly cashier to ask permission for an...
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The Sound and Smell of Starbucks
March 23, 2013 started with the sound of Sondra’s footsteps clacking across the upstairs bamboo floor. Though she is just five feet tall, she moves through life as a force to contend with from early...
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Still Standing
June 21, 2013 – C. Phelphs Photography My new writer/blog cards are ready for press. I came up with the new tag line wit in writing, and I thought I was such a clever girl for concocting it. Two...
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No Soliciting at the Mausoleum
It was on my list to drive to the cemetery sometime this month to view the final engraved stones for Mom and Dad and pay my private respects. Last week I felt I could delay it no longer, and put it on...
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Dear Easter Girl,
My dear Easter Girl, Clyde the Cat ate the Easter Bunny. I hate to inform you that it happened in the eight o’clock hour last night. The back door opened to let your King Charles Spaniel out, and...
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Firefighters on the Move
Yes, those are my huge chairs! According to a July 10, 2014 report in The Rotten Hop, beer has been named official currency for friends reluctantly helping you move. With brewskies as the bargaining...
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The Finish Line
Call me the North American Food Traveler. From the bistros of Canada, to the oyster bars of New Orleans, to the secluded barrios of Mexico City, I’ve gobbled up (at least once) everything life has...
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Seven Years of Grief
Dear Megan, You waited for me. In the last days of your life, I told you I wanted to be with you when you died…the Hospice workers explained how you would have some control over that. They told me...
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Three years after my daughter’s death, I had the great privilege of speaking with world-renowned Dr. Gary Hammer on dying with adrenal cancer. Dr. Hammer referred to Megan’s last days as ‘death...
View ArticleDied From Not Forwarding That Email
I just read on the internet that opening an umbrella indoors brings bad luck on ALL the people in the building. What? That’s not what I was taught. I was told that misfortune would rain on me. No...
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