Wordful Wednesday

Rainbow in My Mirror

January 20, 2010

California has been wet, windy, and wild this week. On Monday afternoon, I was driving west on Highway 4 near the Pittsburgh BART station en route to Marin County. I looked in my rearview mirror and saw the most spectacular rainbow I had seen in years. I wanted to stop and take a photograph, but […]

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Wordful Wednesday

December 29, 2009

Many folks have been blogging and Twittering about taking down all of their holiday decorations. One woman wrote that she had the tree down and everything stowed away for next year by midday on Christmas Day! She had decorated on Thanksgiving and found herself ready to be done with Christmas for this year. I am still […]

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Wordful Wednesday: Preventing Teen Pregnancy

February 18, 2009

I doubt that any parent of a teenager was surprised when new mother Bristol Palin, daughter of the Alaskan Governor, opined that teen abstinence is a worthy goal, but, as a form of birth control, “not realistic at all.” This photo of our best friends’ oldest daughter really shocked me: She is not a teenager. In […]

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Wordful Wednesday: The Nutcracker Collection

December 24, 2008

#1Son was three years old when I took him to see an animated version of The Nutcracker. He loved it and also enjoyed having the story read to him at night. While shopping, we happened upon some cute, traditional-looking nutcrackers, so we bought him one. Little did we know what we started. This is just […]

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