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...just leave this here. Shawn ****

“D-uh, gun control laws can’t ever make a difference because criminals are always going to break the law, duh yup-yup.” It needs to b...

Friends everywhere, who must by now be wondering:  Shawn has been under the weather *under* the weather, since about mid-October.  Finally ...

It's always been a favorite month of mine, with my husband's birthday (always a low key affair, but one of these days...) and our...

Like so many evangelical Buddhists, I was born in Brownwood and grew up in San Angelo.  When I first moved to Abilene 30 years ago, the l...

Shawn and I have more than one anniversary date to celebrate, having online documented  inaugural moments like the first “I love you” and...

...it seems like I'm never sure things will be as I expect.  Things are going along fine, as far as I am concerned, but then in a flas...

Right now, I could probably write for miles. I won't.  I've erased much of what was posted here and will spare you everything bu...

...have skipped July altogether. You know, try as you might, your attempt at keeping an even keel (what is that, anyway?) and wanting a ...

...and I'm mad. Good manners.  It's always been important to me to remember the little ditty my mother (the one who reared me, n...

...you wouldn't believe what's been going on at the Love Shack. Earlier today I heard someone say that it wasn't a good idea...

...Whew!! Thankfully, a blog reader left a comment which I stopped by to answer, or I may not have ever gotten something said in May. ...

I'm no Trump fan, but I care about the Syrian population's plight and would be ashamed if we, the USA, sat on our hands and still...

...and a dollar short, as they say.  The 7th was the anniversary of my Mama's death back in 2000 and this meme states her attitude in ...

...but I think I'll just post this. Shawn ****

...the other day was asking what you'd tell your younger self.  You know, the words of wisdom that you'd share with the younger yo...

I wish for you all the lady luncheon style shows, shopping sprees to Seattle, Frango chocolates, designer linens, Finnware, Best Sellers...

...of Inauguration Day, I'm thinking about the last 8 years and all the hope and dreams. Are they yet to be fulfilled?  Were they los...

I wrote the following a year and a half ago.  Nowadays I am so aghast at our anomalous president-elect that I am temporarily kind of dumbst...

....for awhile, now. I haven't really known what to say, for some reason.  I still don't, but have been thinking about the Fathe...

... and there's so much I could say. This little goblin makes me smile. Gods know we need to lighten up, what with politics here i...

  It'd be nice if you all paid as much attention to your own problems and corrected what is needed, rather than get caught up in the h...

I'd really appreciate it if the deer in Texas could refrain from hurtling themselves at my husband's car when he's driving the...

Somebody come here and stop me from going off on the person/s whining and carrying on about 'how awful these days are for America....

...beggars would ride. I stated this charming little ditty in what was an attempt at an early morning conversation (I should know better...

I'm pretty much right here these days.  That mental list with two columns that seems so sensible and organized one moment (when things...

,,,and I just really like the poster!! Shawn ****

Those lost in the Pulse Club, Orlando massacre.

...altogther (even a word?) .  That would have been kinda funny. There isn't much to go on here in the way of Pollyanna-style gladne...

...is a good day,

...it seems that what is usually going on is whatever fits in to a sleep/work cycle.  SGTex is the one with a whirlwind of activity, while...

The Mister is working tonight (all night!) and I'm here with the Havanese Hellpups.  For some reason they've been set on high aler...