Monthly Archives: March 2012

Hope is the thing…

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.”  (Emily Dickinson) I am one of three girls in my family, the middle one.  Every morning during Lent … Continue reading →

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March 27th

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

The first person I thought of today was my mother, Dorothy Marie Palmer Coleman.  Today is her 96th birthday; she’s celebrating in heaven with her family and friends. I don’t know the story of her birth as intimately as I … Continue reading →

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Ninja grief

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

I text my niece Claire more often than I talk to her.  She’s in San Antonio, in her first year of marriage, on her first real out of college job, and in training for the Beach to Bay relay race.  … Continue reading →

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Texas Bluebonnets

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

I drove out IH 37 so I could meet a general contractor yesterday.  While I waited for him, I looked at the wildflowers blooming in the highway ROW.  We had the least rainfall in recorded history in my part of south … Continue reading →

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Day of Rest

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

I never much thought about the two-day week-end being something special.  It’s a given  to me.  As kids, Saturday was our dad’s golf and yard work day.  It was our day to help Mother with laundry, ironing, and cleaning around … Continue reading →

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Not my fault (…it’s asphalt!)

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

We laid hot mix on one of our projects yesterday and that made my day.  Putting down asphalt is close to the end of most projects which partially explains my happiness.  But more than that is the process itself.  It’s … Continue reading →

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My wild life

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

If you are what you eat, I am a wild woman.  I eat a diet of fish, wild turkey, feral hog, and deer with the occasional purchase of chicken, brats, and Italian sausage. A menu sampler looks like this: Wednesday–Trout and … Continue reading →

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Just say yeeee….no

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

I’m a yes-woman.  Saying no doesn’t come naturally to me.  You might think that is the cornerstone of every problem that has haunted my life from alcohol and drugs to men to religions to perpetual weight struggles.  And you might be … Continue reading →

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I want my hour back!

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

Bob’s alarm clock goes off before mine at 4:30.  We are snoozers so it’s 20-30 minutes before Mr. Coffee goes to work.  Bob started dreading the start of Daylight Saving Time last week when he noticed it on the calendar.  … Continue reading →

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Unspiration

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

A few weeks ago I was riding with GE and the kids.  Sophia at 5 is in that pre-reading stage where she recognizes some words and was curious about any accumulation of letters we passed driving through New Braunfels.  “H-O-B-B-Y-L-O-B-B-Y.  … Continue reading →

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