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Magnificent Monday: What a little rain can do
Last week we got some rain, and not just a little. Some folks in our area of East Texas received 5 or 6 inches of rain, but we only got 2.6 inches at our place. It was enough to give a burst of renewed energy to the potted plants on our back deck, which were…
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Teacher Tuesday: Dolly Python Vintage
It’s Teacher Tuesday on my blog, so today I am going to share what this teacher learned visiting Dolly Python Vintage in Dallas last weekend. I have been wanting to visit this place for quite some time after seeing it mentioned in a magazine (I can’t remember now which) and then looking it up online.…
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Saturday Ramblings: House and dog sitter extraordinaire
A couple of weeks ago my son asked me if I would be willing to stay at his house for a few days while he accompanied his wife to New York City on a business trip. While I would have been a little more delighted to have been invited on the trip, I said, “Absolutely!”…
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Saturday Ramblings: Self-image vs. reality
The other day I got ready for work, thinking I looked really cute in my jeans, ruffled lacy tank, and lace zipper jacket. I work one day a week at Festival of Flags, a little gift-wrapping and flag shop in Tyler. Unfortunately we weren’t very busy so no one got to see how cute my…
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Teacher Tuesday: The rewards of social media
Facebook sometimes gets a bad rap. Everybody who is hip and tech savvy seems to have a Facebook or Facebook page while the rest consider it a waste of time and an invasion of privacy. Granted, some people spend way too much time reading news feeds and posting statuses that no one cares about. Worse…
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