Southern California experienced torrential rains yesterday. No, not just some rain. We had actual thunder, lightning, hail, flooding, heavy downpour and even a tornado here and there. We even had a tornado watch going on yesterday afternoon. I was waiting for Elmira Gulch (Margaret Hamilton)
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01/20/2010
On this day of celebration of the life of a wonderful, peaceful, loving man, I thought it appropriate to post, in its entirety, the "I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. Please take a moment to listen to the beautiful words coming from this amazing man's mouth and keep it in mind as
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01/18/2010
(An oldie but a goodie) Can Cold Water Clean Dishes? This is for all the germ conscious folks that worry about using cold water to clean.John went to visit his 90 year old grandfather in a very secluded, rural area of Saskatchewan.After spending a great evening chatting the night away, the next m
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01/15/2010
While driving home from dropping my son off at school this morning, I saw this in the sky: Closer view: What the heck is it? The sun was to the left. This anomaly in the clouds started out as dark amber on the left, graduated to light gold, then was white and finally grey on the right. Of cour
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01/06/2010
"Thank you". Simple, direct, to the point, no? Next to "I'm sorry", it seems to be the least used phrase in the English language nowadays. From the time my son started speaking, I taught him to say "Please" and "Thank you". At first, he said it as "Den dow" (too cute for words and took me a f
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01/04/2010
It is time to say Auld Lang Syne to 2009. Since I had such great feedback from my 12 Day of Christmas series, I thought I'd let you in on a little Behind the Music with that New Year's Eve classic: Auld Lang Syne. The original lyrics are believed to be a compilation of lyrics from an older song
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12/31/2009
My little family spent Christmas at my parents' house in Arizona this year. The day after Christmas, we sat around trying to figure out something to do. Somehow, the Hoover Dam came up in conversation. At only about an hour and a half away and with nothing else really to do, it was a very feas
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12/30/2009
On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing,eight maids a-milking, seven swans a swimming, six geese a laying, five golden rings,four colly birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge
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12/24/2009
Christmas isn't wrapping paper, bright lights and Santa Claus. It isn't about scurrying around to find presents at the last minute to tuck under the Christmas tree. And it isn't about being disappointed when you don't get exactly what you want on Christmas morning. Here is the real meaning of
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12/23/2009
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking,seven swans a swimming, six geese a laying, five golden rings, four colly birds,three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. I don
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12/23/2009
