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Ginger or Mary Ann?

• May 31, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Relationships
Tags: Dawn Wells, Gilligan's Island, Ginger, Ginger or Mry Ann?, Mary Ann, television, The Dilemma in Every Man's Life and How to Deal with It, Tina Louise, U.S. News & World Report, YouTube

Something for Everybody… Balloons Spread the Gospel?

• May 30, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in travel
Tags: Christian, converts, Danger, eternal salvation, God Loves You, gospel, internet, Jesus Saves, liar, missionaries, missionary, native language, Sahara, salvation, something for everybody

Grandma on a Chain

• May 29, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Relationships
Tags: cremains jewelry, cremation, death, eBay, George Whitefield, google, human hair, jewelry, mourning art, mourning jewelry, Museum of Mourning Art, necklace, Pennsylvania, revival, road trip, Victorian

Random Thoughts while on the Road

• May 28, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in travel
Tags: car wash, Dan Fogelberg, dental hygienist, Earth Wind & Fire, field dressing, Memorial Day, random thoughts, road trip, Rolling Thunder, State Farm, teeth

Let’s Face the Music and Dance: Sorrow Mitigated by Dancing

• May 26, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Beauty, gratitude, technology
Tags: Come Lord Jesus, crack cocaine, Cyd Charisse, dance, death, delight, empathy, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, hobby, Irving Berlin, Let's Face the Music and Dance, love, moonlight, murder, music, Nat King Cole, pain, Rita Hayworth, romance, Sabbath, swindling, trouble, world news, YouTube

Gonna Add “Vomit Assault” to My Personal Arsenal — Not!

• May 25, 2010 • 4 Comments

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: children, F-Bombs and Older Women, menopause, older woman rant, options, parents, Philadelphia Phillies, premeditated puking, sentencing, The Washington Post, vomit assault, weapons

“Can I Catch Your Cancer?” and the Desire to Listen Well

• May 21, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: cancer, caricature, community, disability, empathy, fears, fragility, Glenn Beck, Gwynneth VanLaven, gwynneth.vanlaven.net, health, pain, Revealing Culture, risk factor, safety, Smithsonian, Smithsonian's International Gallery, tragedy, universe, vulnerability, waiting room, washington post

Anything Goes — F-Bombs and Older Women

• May 20, 2010 • 7 Comments

Posted in Confession
Tags: Cole Porter, elderly, four letter words, glimpse of stocking, Justin Halpern, old people, olden days, prose, social mores, television, tirade, toddlers, tweeting, twitter, washington post, William Shatner, words, writer

Stranger of the Week: People I Ignore

• May 19, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Confession
Tags: cleaning service, friends, housekeeper, invisible people, neighbors, stories, Stranger of the Week

Smells-and-Bells Barbie

• May 18, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in technology
Tags: Bible, chasuble, church, clergy, creativity, Dena Cleaver-Bartholomew, ecclesiastical vestments, Episcopal priest, Episcopal priest Barbie, Facebook, heaven, High Church, incense, Julie Blake Fisher, Malibu, Mass, Religion News Service, sermon

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