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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Inspiring Others
Who is inspired by you? That is a difficult question for most of us to answer. Sometimes we never know. This year, instead of making New Year’s Resolutions, I plan to list the characteristics I admire in others and … Continue reading
Six Word Saturday
Subtract the negative Add the positive!
Posted in My Life
Tagged blog, boomer blog, Negative, Positive, positive attitude, Six Word Saturday
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Mom’s Turkey Cassarole
I just finished preparing my Mom’s turkey cassarole for Christmas Eve. Yes, I know I spelled casserole wrong. But that’s the way my mom spelled it on the handwritten recipe booklet she gave me with some of her favorite recipes. … Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged blog, boomer blog, Castle Grayskull, Christmas, Christmas Holiday, Christmas tree, Daily Post, Doll, giving, Grandma, HeMan, Holiday, memoir, memories, mom, The Great Depression, Turkey casserole, write, writer
21 Comments
Merry Christmas from The Beatles
Nothing you can say …… about The Beatles that hasn’t already been said! I loved The Beatles from the very start. For Christmas in 1963 I got a portable stereo record player and my first record was “I Want … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, boomer blog, Christmas, Christmas memories, George Harrison, Great Britain, John Lennon, memories, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, write
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The Legend of the Animals
It seems quite natural that animals play a big part in the Christmas celebration. After all, Jesus was born in a stable surrounded by animals. And Santa has those magical reindeer at his beck and call. As a … Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged Animals gift of speech, animals speak, blog, boomer blog, Christmas legends, Jesus birth, Legen of the Animals, magic, Midnight miracle
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Am I being followed? A Mystery on One Page.
After blogging for a few months and discovering all the little idiosyncracies of WordPress and realizing I had to do MORE than just type and post, I found on my stats that I had over 200 followers. This seemed unrealistic … Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged blog, blogs, boomer blog, fluctuations, followers, stats, WordPress
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Daily Prompt: Childhood revisited
Since my blog deals with childhood memories, I was going to say… “Hey, just read my blog!” But I have never written about my earliest memory. There is not much to it except it seems extraordinary that I could remember … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, Blogger, boomer blog, Childhood revisited, Daily Prompt, early childhood memory, falling down the stairs, memories, panic, toddler
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Six Word Saturday
Get this outfit off of me! Photo credit: And My Cat magazine
A Christmas to remember
December 1957. The Christmas that I received the least is the one I remember the most. My parents were in their mid 30’s. I was 7, my brother was 12. We lived on a small farm which we farmed “on … Continue reading
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Tagged boomer blog, changing schools, Christmas, Christmas tree, love, memoir, Mr Potato Head, sacrifice, sugar beets
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Originally posted on farmchiclogic:
Agfact #23 For every dollar spent on food, the farmer receives 15.8 cents. Ag fact provided by National Farmers Union
Retired Ruth 