Writing and Rambling

Let me tell you ’bout a girl I know She is my baby and she lives next door Every mornin’ ‘fore the sun comes up She brings me coffee in my favorite cup That’s why I know, yes, I know…
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Children Without a Voice “I’m sorry ma’am, but she doesn’t talk.  You can’t understand or help someone without a voice.”  The dentist stared at me, annoyed that our visit was taking so long.  We had been to 2 medical appointments…
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Valentine’s Day People tend to have a love hate relationship with Valentine’s Day.  There is no middle ground.  There will be no survivors– only prisoners. I once had a friend who wore head to toe black on Valentine’s Day.  She…
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“In Ireland, you go to someone’s house, and she asks you if you want a cup of tea. You say no, thank you, you’re really just fine. She asks if you’re sure. You say of course you’re sure, really, you don’t…
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Lady Chef   “You’re very tall. You wear what . . . an 11 or 12 shoe?”  The sales lady rummaged behind the desk. “Um . . . 7 1/2.” She resurfaced.  “That’s impossible. You’re too tall to have that…
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London “It is not the walls that make the city, but the people who live within them. The walls of London may be battered, but the spirit of the Londoner stands resolute and undismayed.”  –George VI London.  I have saved…
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Paris “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” — Ernest Hemingway When we…
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England Now comes the part of my journey (after first heading to Ireland, and then to Scotland) where I get to say . . . I MADE IT TO ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *confetti guns going off* *uproarious cheers from the crowd* *Champagne…
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Scotland After our trip to Ireland we climbed aboard the Irish Airline, Aer Lingus– green airplanes (of course!) with a dashing little clover on the tail.  Our redheaded flight attendants walked up and down the rows while we gazed out the…
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Ireland Well, I have finally taken my trip of a lifetime to the UK (and sundries), and it started out innocently enough.  If you remember how I started my blog, you know that it was originally begun in a madcap…
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