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Kicking Up Dust

March 17, 2013

There’s just something about a pretty day in the South that makes you want to go out for a drive. …

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One Day of Life

February 22, 2013

Recently, a friend asked me the question “What do you do?”. As any good Southerner knows, they meant “What is …

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Christmas Past, Christmas Present

December 24, 2012

In countries everywhere, in cities large and small, on rural farms and in crowded apartments, people of all ages wait in …

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Being Thankful, Being Blessed

November 21, 2012

Lately I have seen a lot of people posting about the things they are thankful for in anticipation of the …

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The Literate Pencil: My Grandparents

September 3, 2012

For Labor Day, I thought I would publish another article written by my son about his grandparents. He wrote this …

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Living Large

August 19, 2012

Another summer has flown by and as I write this, my son is anticipating (note that I said anticipating but …

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Life’s a Beach

August 13, 2012

This past weekend, as my family and I got ready to take our first real vacation of the year, a …

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If We Could Only Go Back to Shakeys Pizza

August 28, 2011

Some of the articles I read on-line about the things parents do or the things they get in trouble for …

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Remembering Loved Ones

August 7, 2011

To my Grandmother, Doris: It has been a year ago today since you left us and I find it hard …

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Bedtime Math Stories

August 2, 2011

The three words that my son hates the most are “Time for bed” and this evening was no exception as …

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