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Father’s Day … or Beetle Mania

Today was Father’s Day, which really has nothing to do with my story except that it names the day and perhaps gives you a clue that we are well into three digit hotness here in Ivins, Utah. The revolving sign at Walgreen’s gave us a solid 112 degrees this week, which is…

Grandpa Aberquacky’s Timeliest Invention

Grandma Aberquacky was a little concerned as she watched the leaves change colors and begin to fall off the trees this one extremely particular year in Duck Creek…

A Little Birdie Told Me …

A Shared Entrée from my Personal Journal, July 11, 2013

I went out this afternoon to sit in the front yard, forgetting for a silly minute that it was 108 in the…

If you want to be happy, give something away

I found this poem while going through a Christmas book that was given to my mother by one of her friends. I quite liked its message and thought I would like to pass it along.

A breath of fresh air

Having recently spent time in the hospital in the Intensive Care Unit and subsequent third floor follow up, I feel a welling of gratitude for the people who took care of me in any way. I say this in all honesty; there was not one person there who didn’t treat me kindly and generously. I…

What a Wonderful World ….

And I say to myself ….

The Joy of Christmas Programs Past

I was feeling kind of bad that I hadn’t finished my Christmas Pasts … I mean there are so many good memories:

School Christmas programs the kids were in all through the years: I don’t want to get too particular (because they were all unique…

Memories six, seven, & eight …

Due to the fact that I am sick with bronchitis we will be combining memories 6, 7, and 8. This picture is…