Category Archives: 2015 A to Z Blogger’s Challenge

Photo 2 of 5 Day Challenge

How to Make a “hit” with your New Neighbor and Sink a Bridge at the same time. Tuesday, February 13, 1979 my husband and I had just moved into our newly constructed home in Kirkland, Washington by a few days.  … Continue reading

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Reflections

“Reflection is the beginning of reform.”   Mark Twain  “It is not a guiding spirit that reveals to me secretly in a flash what I must say or do, but thought and reflection.”  Napoleon This picture gives you a pretty clear … Continue reading

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Z – Zero, Zilch, Zip!!!

          I really and seriously considered writing “zero, zip, zilch… that’s it!” and running for cover as the Challenge is over.  Then the other night as I was starting to close up the blinds before I … Continue reading

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Y – Yearn

  “Because what’s worse than knowing you wanted something besides knowing you can never have it.”   James Patterson  “How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm.  To rest and trust; to give your soul … Continue reading

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X – X-Rays

                Oh man, talk about the truth coming out of hiding! When I walked into my physical therapist’s office for the first time, I brought a disk of my x-rays of my back, … Continue reading

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W – Wild

   Wild Thing By The Troggs “Wild thing, you make my heart sing ,You make everything groovy wild thing, Wild thing, I think I love you But I wanna know for sure Come on and hold me tight I love … Continue reading

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V – Values

                                 “ Your beliefs become your thoughts,                                    Your thoughts become your words,                                    Your words become your actions,                                    Your actions become your habits,                                    Your habits become your values,                                     Your values become your destiny.”                                                 Mahatma Gandhi … Continue reading

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U – Ultraviolet

                  “Moooooommmmm! I’m getting snow blinded from the glare off your WHITE legs!” bellowed my son. Yup, I was born white, pasty, pale and now colorless. For a time in my childhood, … Continue reading

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T – Treatment, Trespass, Trauma, Treachery

“A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn’t climb over it.”   Arthur Baer “ Love thy neighbor – but don’t pull down your hedge.”  Benjamin Franklin     The dogs bark and … Continue reading

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S – Stick Shift

“Always focus on the front windshield and not the rearview mirror.”   Colin Powell “Keep your eyes open, especially if you’re wearing a blindfold while driving.  Closing your eyes in that situation could be dangerous.”   Jarod Kintz         … Continue reading

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