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Brainy and Beautiful: July 2009
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Thursday, July 16, 2009. On July 30, 2008, my father's father died. Yesterday, nearly a year later, I went to visit my father's mother as she lay dying. Grammy has been suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. For several years. Recently, she had a bout of Pneumonia and, it seems, never fully recovered. Currently, she is being kept as comfortable as possible while the inevitable takes it's course. Also, I am a grandchild, not a child, might it not be my place? In high school, I had to interview an older membe...
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Brainy and Beautiful: November 2009
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Monday, November 23, 2009. Laying in bed last night listening to the dishwasher run, I remembered the first time my mother left me alone. I was eight years old. We were living in our third, and my favorite, house. My best friend was visiting and we were deeply entrenched in imaginative play. My mother needed to go to the farm down the street for vegetables. Ali. Ali and I ran up to the third floor bathroom and hid in the tub. That is exactly where my mother found us whispering to each other when she ...
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Brainy and Beautiful: October 2009
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Friday, October 9, 2009. Yesterday I took the puppy for a 4.5 mile run/walk. With about a mile and a half to go I ran into road work and had to follow the detour sign. In front of me were a middle aged man and his West Highland White Terrier. As I went to run past, Pierce puppy stopped to play with the Westie. I paused for a moment letting that sink in. "Who says that? Was my internal dialogue. He turned around and yelled over his shoulder, "I'm not, but you never know.". For a moment, that fear-mongerin...
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Brainy and Beautiful: September 2009
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Since I am not taking any classes this semester, I have a hard time answering when people ask, "What do you do? I care for my husband. I raise a kitty and a puppy. Mostly, I write. Does that make me a writer? Can I say, "I am a writer." without being a fraud, without feeling like a fraud? I haven't published a book. I don't write regularly for anyone but myself. I don't get paid to write. Am I still a writer, just an as yet unrecognized talent? Maybe I am a writer after all.
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Brainy and Beautiful: After Dark
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009. On nights, like tonight, when I work until closing time, I don't get home until about 1:00 am. I come home to:. A puppy who eagerly laps my face. First, I tiptoe into the bedroom to kiss my sleeping husband right smack on the forehead, then the lips. Next, I take the puppy outside to do what he needs to do. Soak up the silence. Smile at the sparkling frost. Bask in the light of the nearly full moon. After tucking the puppy into bed, I am still full of energy. Subscribe to: Po...
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Brainy and Beautiful: Time
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009. I need to leave for work. In 14 minutes and I still haven't put make-up on, done the dishes, made the bed, or folded the two bags of clean laundry that I washed on Saturday afternoon. I have, however, worked on my memoir, researched for a paper I am working on, read NieNie. Walked the dog, played ball with the dog, had dinner, talked to my mother-in-law, and updated my Amazon Christmas wish list. Priorities, mine are ever changing and sometimes misplaced. A work in progress.
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Brainy and Beautiful: August 2009
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Friday, August 21, 2009. Tip of the Day. Links to this post. Tip of the day. Wednesday, August 19, 2009. My heart is full of cushy things and mixed up knots. That tease and uncoil as I patiently toil. At growing and learning and living. With all this wonderful world is giving. To me and my heavenly heart. Links to this post. In Maine, we visit with family and the puppy learns to swim. At home, men come to repair the foundation. There are lots of neglected chores to do. Outings with friends new and old.
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Brainy and Beautiful: On the Way
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009. Seems another friend of mine has a baby on the way! The baby will arrive at the end of July 2010. Congrats, friend (you know who you are). So happy that my friend family is ever growing! Have a Brainy and Beautiful Day! Love reading all the Brainy and Beautiful Things you say 3. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A work in progress. View my complete profile. Brainy and Beautiful Followers. Brainy and Beautiful Thought. Thought Caught By a Thread.
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Brainy and Beautiful: March 2010
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Saturday, March 27, 2010. For new posts visit me here. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A work in progress. View my complete profile. Brainy and Beautiful Followers. Brainy and Beautiful Thought. Thought Caught By a Thread.
