When I say, "I love my peeps!" - it is subject to contextual analysis. I use the term "peeps" both in the slang context and in the literal context. In the slang context I mean my people, my tribe, my wild and wacky collection of friends and family...I love my peeps! In the literal context I [...]
Tag: family
Defining vacation…
I read that someone once defined vacation as a period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need. I concur, that is a truism of vacations. As we wrap up our beach house vacay here on the Central Coast of California I am reminded of another truism - [...]
Thoroughly loving Millie…
Even when I am on vacation I keep up with the news at home. Of course I have been watching the weather in the Fargo -Moorhead area to see if the weather at home has become more pleasing in my absence (the traditional outcome whenever I leave the state - go figure). I understand it [...]
I see trees of green…
I do not consider myself to be a nature aficionado, but I do enjoy it for a short day trip. In particular, I enjoy growing things - plants, flowers, and trees. I particularly enjoy trees - something about them just touches me. I take a lot of photos of trees in my travels. While others have [...]
My Facebook policy…
Facebook - the new frontier. Well, relatively new for those who are in the new forty. By young folks' standards Facebook has almost always been around (how frightening is that notion for folks who have a handful of decades in?). 😉 I came upon Facebook a number of years ago. In the beginning, I visited my Facebook [...]
In defense of Twinkies…
Uh oh. There is trouble in paradise. Hostess is seeking bankruptcy protection and the very existence of Twinkies - the yummy snack treat so many of us grew up with - hangs in the balance. Could it be that the days of golden sponge cake with creamy filling are soon to be relegated to our childhood memories? [...]
More important than presents…
On this day - Christmas Day 2011 - my wish for all of you is not for presents, but instead for presence. By that I mean both the presence of others near and dear to you and your own sense of presence in the moments that will make up your holiday. At this time of year, [...]
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