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Come mothers and fathersThroughout the landAnd don't criticizeWhat you can't understandYour sons and your daughtersAre beyond your commandYour old road is rapidly agin'Please get out of the new oneIf you can't lend your handFor the times they
"So, I've been hearing this phrase y'all got over here [in England] that I ain't too crazy about. 'It's the hope that kills you.' Y'all know that? I disagree, you know? I think it's the lack of
I recently had an enlightening experience, thanks to participating in the "30 Day Song Challenge" on Facebook. I realized I had closed my mind to virtually all new popular music sometime around the time I finished college
The pandemic has lingered on for months and months and months - about a year now, actually! WOW!!! To say it has brought many layers of changes to our everyday lives is an understatement. And things just
BEHOLD! The humble wall calendar. How much has family life has changed since today's parents of teens were teenagers ourselves? Ummmm...TONS! One of the huge changes I've really been noticing lately in my own family is how
A growing "forest" of Boston ferns at my house - all from one single plant transferred from a pot about a year and a half prior to this photo! Never in my years do I recall seeing
Good Friends - Good Eats - Good Conversation - Good Investment I had lunch with a longtime friend of mine this week. For the last few months, we have made a commitment to getting together once a
Let's face it. 2020 has been a WILD ride. And it ain't over yet! Covid-19. Job loss. Social distancing. Economic hardship. Masking up. Harsh racial realities. Political strife. Layers and layers of social tension. Layers and layers
Feeling weary as you make it through one day at a time of this coronavirus/COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 season of "sheltering at home" and "maintaining social distancing?" Yeah. I'll bet you are. It isn't just you. This post is not
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