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2022: Ian’s Magic

It’s the dog days of summer! It’s been a while since we’ve seen temperatures this high and I’m ready for fall. Back to school is getting close and kids will be reading. If they’ve had a break from that over … Continue reading →

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2022: 100 Years and Counting

I’ve been writing. I’m working on the third Sandhill Island novel and as always, I love being back there. It helps to soothe my need for the sea. But in between bouts of writing, I’ve been working on a project … Continue reading →

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2022: Of Celebrations and Surgeries

This week, following a 50th anniversary celebration, my husband had his third shoulder surgery.  Yes, I said third, on the same shoulder—in a year. I guess the older you get the more your body refuses to heal correctly.  The surgery … Continue reading →

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2022: 50th Anniversary

June 24, 1972, I married the love of my life at the ripe age of 19.  We were broke, living in his parent’s rent house, with a baby on the way and no idea what to do with it.  But … Continue reading →

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2022: James L. Osburn – Happy Father’s Day

It’s Father’s Day and since I wrote about my husband’s days as a father last year, this year I’ll talk about my dad.             My father was born on a farm deep in the Arkansas Ozarks during the Great Depression. … Continue reading →

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2022: A Lazy Week

It’s been an uneventful week. I like those now and then. Next Sunday is Father’s Day and the following is a milestone anniversary for my husband and me. Fifty years—and they said it wouldn’t last! This morning we took the … Continue reading →

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2022: The Accidental Gardener

Several years ago, my aging neighbor across the street brought me some strawberry plants in a three-pound coffee can. He could grow anything, and they were overrunning his little area where they were planted. I was excited to grow strawberries … Continue reading →

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2022: Cover Reveal

My husband should be having a third shoulder surgery soon. We’re waiting on a date. We had a well dug and a sprinkler system installed and waiting on sod for the back yard. We’re having a 50th wedding anniversary this … Continue reading →

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2022: Aging Gardeners

            I mentioned last week my husband is looking at another shoulder surgery. To say the least we’re not looking forward to it. It’s not his first and we know what he is up against.             There’s no doubt about … Continue reading →

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2022: Cottonwood!

My husband had shoulder surgery this year and is looking at another.  He is not happy with the idea of being incapacitated and so we work together on the yard work.  Yesterday he was certain he could mow the front … Continue reading →

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