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Book Review – Guards! Guards!

Terry Pratchett is officially a fantasy writer, but is more a Jonathan Swift than an Anne McCaffrey.  Which is to say, his books got BITE.  Pratchett’s Discworld series are the only ones…

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June 27, 2007
Holidays and Celebrations, Jack, Liam, Parents and Siblings and Cousins, Oh My!

Eas-terrific!

We had a lovely Palm and Easter Sunday.  Holy Week was a special time for me at our church last year, and I missed being a part of the festivities…

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April 6, 2013
Wonder Women Posts

That’s Amore

Ahhhh, my mama. She’s the oldest child of a pair of good Catholics who birthed seven children they couldn’t afford and would have had more if cancer hadn’t claimed my…

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February 25, 2009
  • And Feather Canyons Everywhere – West Trip Part Five – Arches National Park

    RG / August 27, 2022

    I settled in on the night of June 30 with a rough idea of where we would go the next day at Arches, but decided to do some google searching to make sure…

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  • Clouds Illusions I Recall – West Trip Part Four

    RG / August 14, 2022

    Rows and flows of angel hairAnd ice cream castles in the airAnd feather canyons everywhereI looked at clouds that way We woke to a brisk and beautiful Taos morning on June 30, ready…

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  • The Place of Red Willows – West Trip – Part Three

    RG / July 30, 2022

    We woke June 29 in Taos to a clear sky, 52 degrees. The air is different in the high desert of northern New Mexico, the light is different. What a contrast with the…

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  • West Trip – Part Two – Fort Worth to Taos

    RG / July 25, 2022

    Our second day is not our most exciting on this trip – for me it is just a way-station in a corporate hotel to let me get in a full day’s work, and…

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  • West! Part One – Events Make For an Emotional Start

    RG / July 23, 2022

    First – a quick chat about the trip plans. Our itinerary was bound by a few rules: (1) we needed to get our two Boy Scouts to their trailhead in northern New Mexico…

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