Monthly Archives: September 2011

986 Days

Posted on September 28, 2011 by texasgaga

My son, Jack Russo, died on January 15, 2009.  It is nearly impossible for me to write that without getting tearful.  I’ve celebrated 2 Christmas holidays, his birthday twice.  I’m designing this year’s Christmas card.  I started putting Jack in … Continue reading →

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Silence kills

Posted on September 27, 2011 by texasgaga

Spoiler alert:  Bleeding heart liberal thinking follows. Preach the truth as if you had a million voices.  It is silence that kills the world. – St. Catherine of Siena Catherine Benincasa (Catherine of Siena) was born in 1347, the twenty-fourth of … Continue reading →

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Dove hunting

Posted on September 26, 2011 by texasgaga

I am not a hunter.  I don’t handle guns or do archery.  I am oblivious to wild game that passes in my vicinity.  I’m seen more deer and exotic animals from the car travelling with Bob in the past year … Continue reading →

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Foozling

Posted on September 23, 2011 by texasgaga

Doesn’t that sound better than awkward, clumsy, maladroit, klutzy, hamhanded, butterfingered, or graceless?  It means the same thing.  “Foozling” comes from the verb foozle meaning to play or move clumsily.  It’s a real word.  It comes from a German word fuseln.  … Continue reading →

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Things that go bump at 3 a.m.

Posted on September 22, 2011 by texasgaga

Connie Watson, ghost researcher and spirit photographer (http://constancewatson-ivil.tripod.com/), states that 3 a.m. has several meanings.  “In paranormal work, a lot of psychic phenomena tends to peak at this hour.  Many of my medic friends report that at 3:00 a.m. the volume … Continue reading →

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Robert’s Rolling Raccoon Rescue

Posted on September 19, 2011 by texasgaga

A friend on mine had a raccoon for a pet when she was a kid.  The animal  had been abandoned in plowed field as a baby and my friend’s mom bottle fed it and box trained it like a cat.  It … Continue reading →

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Words that I’ve lived by

Posted on September 17, 2011 by texasgaga

When I was in 4th grade, we studied Ben Franklin and Poor Richard’s Almanack.  At the end of our studies, we were asked to compose sayings of our own that embodied our philosophies.  Mine was “A half-truth is better than … Continue reading →

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A truly good book

Posted on September 15, 2011 by texasgaga

One of my earliest memories is of my older sister reading Little Black Sambo which dates me since the book stopped being P.C. about the time we stopped taking a “black man by the toe” when we Eeny-meeny-miny-mo’ed.   It delighted me no end to think of … Continue reading →

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Warning Signs

Posted on September 14, 2011 by texasgaga

I particularly like Steve Martin in The Man with Two Brains.  It’s one of my favorite movies.  I like the part when Martin’s character (Dr. Hfuhruhurr) is considering marriage to Kathleen Turner’s gold-digging character and asks the portrait of his dead wife, “Will you … Continue reading →

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The funny thing about daughters

Posted on September 12, 2011 by texasgaga

There are a few things in my life that I can’t change even if I wanted to. I was born a daughter and I have a daughter who has a daughter.   I’ve spent the past few days celebrating that reality.  This was the … Continue reading →

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