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HEN SCRATCHINGS: 2012-08-19

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An escape from the ordinary by way of the ordinary. August 21, 2012. Remember, I Love You. Big rain drops sporadically splashed on the windshield as my brother and I pulled the car into the front yard of our aunt’s home. We could only hope they were a promising portent of cooler temperatures as the August North Florida heat and humidity was nothing short of oppressive. This was going to be one hot job. Leila B. Browning, or Noochie as we called her, had passed away on her 84. We thought it would be a sho...

HEN SCRATCHINGS: 2009-05-10

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An escape from the ordinary by way of the ordinary. May 13, 2009. A Passion For Fashion. Like any unaware child, the "Outfit that Grandma Sewed" was something to be oblivious about until it was evident that no one else in school wore pantsuits with co-ordinating tunics. Since we lived overseas, isolated in the Middle East during my Formative Fashion Years, my mother worked that "Outfit From Grandma" angle for quite a while. Glancing around to make sure cameras from What Not To Wear weren't capturing my T...

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An escape from the ordinary by way of the ordinary. September 10, 2012. The Art of the Embarrassing Parent. It didn’t take too much to convince my friend, Guizelda, that we would be a big hit presenting Presidential facts to our kids’ elementary school class on Presidents’ Day one year. A bit more effort was required to get her to dress in costume as George Washington while I donned a stove pipe hat and brown felt facial hair to represent Abe Lincoln. As we entertained and educated the 2. Not intentional...

HEN SCRATCHINGS: 2012-09-09

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An escape from the ordinary by way of the ordinary. September 10, 2012. The Art of the Embarrassing Parent. It didn’t take too much to convince my friend, Guizelda, that we would be a big hit presenting Presidential facts to our kids’ elementary school class on Presidents’ Day one year. A bit more effort was required to get her to dress in costume as George Washington while I donned a stove pipe hat and brown felt facial hair to represent Abe Lincoln. As we entertained and educated the 2. Not intentional...

HEN SCRATCHINGS: 2012-05-13

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An escape from the ordinary by way of the ordinary. May 18, 2012. The Possibility of What If.Off The Grid and Into the Water.or to the Grand Ol' Opry. For a year, your life was directed by personal passion and the possibility of what could be? Most likely, Responsibility would present itself as a hurdle—work, kids, bills, college tuition….but What If. No Harm, No Foul as Responsibility took a back seat to Chasing a Dream or Trying that One Thing you always wanted to try? Another would become a Vacation T...