Bloom where you’re planted
…doesn’t really reach that many people. Especially at the end of a dead-end. On a dirt road. At the bottom of a hill.
Plenty of cows will see it, but they don’t vote.
So here’s my e-sign. No, that’s not really my yard. But yes, that’s really my vote!
Updated to add: They now have magnetic bumper stickers […]
Posted on January 12th, 2008 by Dove
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Texas winters are often kind of bleak. The temperatures (sometimes) drop, the trees are bare and dormant, and the grasses all turn brown. Rarely are these beautified by a concealing layer of snow, at least in these parts. If we get cold and condensation at once, it is sleet or ice and it creates muddy […]
Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Dove
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Posted on February 14th, 2007 by Dove
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Eli had dropped me at the library to run in to get some books. I was in and out in fifteen minutes, and as I waited at the curb for him to return, a young man with a backpack came to stand next to me.
“Waiting for your ride?”
“Yup.”
“Me too.”
Awkward silence. The front of the library […]
Posted on February 11th, 2007 by Dove
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Sorry about the frequent poo posts lately, but really, what can you expect from a mom of three in diapers?
Today I was sharing with a friend that blogging has been nice for me, because I find writing cathartic. She asked what “cathartic” meant. So I looked it up on an online dictionary:
ca·thar·tic (k-thärtk)
adj.
Inducing catharsis; […]
Posted on February 7th, 2007 by Dove
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I really like bagpipe music. Eli is watching Braveheart in the playroom, and I can hear the music but not the dialogue. And that’s fine by me. I’ve never seen Braveheart, although I’ve read a thorough summary, because I am really just too chicken to willingly and knowingly submit myself to a gory movie, regardless […]
Posted on February 5th, 2007 by Dove
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After my husband said that for the fiftieth time, I let him use his geek-skills and create a blog for me. Now, I make no promises as to post quality or frequency, but at least when I comment on your blogs now I have something to link back to.
In the meantime, I am going to […]
Posted on January 6th, 2007 by Dove
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