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Tag Archives: Tales from the Motherland
Thanksgiving: The New Black Friday
Thanksgiving, in my mind it has always been one of the truly sacred days when virtually everything is closed and folks visit with family, chill, and eat un-Godly great food that can kill you. Arteries clog, gallbladder give out (mine … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light.
The light that came through the leaves in Hawaii, made magnificent trees even more stunning. The gray sky light through the leaves makes patterns that are magic. This is for WordPress Weekly photo challenge; check out other entries here.
Umbilicus
When was the last time you looked at your belly button and thought about why it’s there? Have you ever really considered that it’s proof that you were once vitally and intimately tied to another person: your mother? Honestly, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Death of parent, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Belly button, loss of a parent, love, mothers, parenting, Pregnancy, Tales from the Motherland, Umbilical chord
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The Last Day… I Didn’t Know.
When Kelly at Are You Finished Yet contacted me and asked if I would co-host this week for the Remember The Timers, a few things happened. First, I was tickled pink. Really, little ole me? Why I’d be honored, I … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Blog, Blogging, blogs, Daily Observations, Death of parent, Honest observations on many things, Huntington's Disease, Life, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Tales From the Motherland, Weekly Writing Challenge, Writing
Tagged #RTTbloghop, #WPLongform, death of a parent, Long posts, loss, Memories, Remember The Time..., Tales from the Motherland, The Last Day
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Weekly Photo Challenge– Layers
It was hours and miles to travel– layers of time and history. It was layers of distance up: first by plane, then by car, and finally on foot– Layers of air, up in altitude, that made our muscles ache and … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Beauty, Blog, Blogging, Life, My world, Natural beauty, Nature, Tales From the Motherland, Weekly Writing Challenge, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged Dawn Quyle Landau, Inca ruins, Machu Picchu, Peru, Photo challenge, Photography, postaday, Salkantay, Tales from the Motherland, travel, WordPress
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Ode to Blue: Stirred, Not Shaken.
The blues have been creeping up on me for a couple of weeks. Can’t really share all of the reasons, as some of them are not mine to share… but they’ve been shared upon me. Funny how that works. That … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Can't sleep, Daily Observations, Death of parent, Honest observations on many things, Huntington's Disease, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Writing
Tagged Alcholism, death of a parent, Depression, hospice, Huntington's Disease, Tales from the Motherland
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Friday Fictioneers: Today and Tomorrow…
Here’s Friday Fictioneers, the greatest free show in town! Rochelle Wisoff-Fields runs this band of merry writers, where participants are asked to write a 100-word story, with a beginning, middle and end, using a photo prompt. It’s a wonderful challenge with … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Blog, Blogging, Friday Fictioneers, Honest observations on many things, Life, Yoga
Tagged Age, Cusco, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Inca, Tales from the Motherland
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A Few Moments to Think About Veteran’s Day
I’ve been stuck… all week. Too much on my mind; too many things swirling in my thoughts. I finally had a post all ready, percolated and set to be typed and published… but then this morning I got in the … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, Awareness, Courage, Daily Observations, Death, Holidays, Honest observations on many things, Musings, News, Writing
Tagged Death, Kelly Cottle and husband Marine Jesse Cottle, Tales from the Motherland, Veteran's Day, Veteran's returning home, War, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq
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