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Friday’s Fresh Five! (4/10/15)
Cradled in the leaves of a succulent, drops of water shimmer like jewels. Throughout time, succulents have survived their arid conditions by adapting. They store water in their fleshy parts – leaves,...
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (4/17/15)
Looking at a selfie of my granddaughter and me, I experienced a déjà vu moment. I couldn’t quite put my finger on what the selfie reminded me of, until yesterday. Yesterday was my birthday. When I...
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (5/15/15)
Cursing myself for deciding to update my computer software on a day I normally post to my blog, I tried to relax and redirect my self-talk. While faced with an unfamiliar computer application that the...
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (5/22/15)
Even though she can’t walk yet, my granddaughter Charlotte loves to play fetch with me. You know the game – baby throws objects from the high chair and you fetch them. After bending over for the...
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (5/29/15)
In a center that provides services for women and children in need, a small floral bouquet sits in a vase. Sunlight streams in from a window and illuminates a rose, making its outer petals glow....
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (7/17/15)
Under silhouettes of tree canopies and a summer sky sprinkled with shooting stars, I swim laps in the dark tranquil water of my pool. My strokes, while unrefined, transport me back and forth, during...
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (7/31/15)
Shapes, curves, and lines make up our world, but we often don’t notice or acknowledge them. Going through life on autopilot or in a state of distraction causes many of us to miss out on seeing some of...
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (8/7/15)
It had to be “UKE;” it had to be “UKE.” I wandered around and finally found the somebody who Could make me be true, could make be blue, And even be glad, just to be sad, thinking of you . . . Because...
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (8/28/15)
Playfully, I stick a hair curler in my granddaughter’s hair. Charlotte innocently strikes a quick girly-girl pose for me and then pulls the curler out of her hair and goes about her busy job of...
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (9/4/15)
Succulents don’t suck. They just suffer from a lack of appreciation. However, all that is changing. With drought conditions existing in the United States, versatile succulents are rising in popularity....
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