Archive for August, 2009

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

What The Hell Have I Got To Lose?

Every once in a while, Ray and I have to get ourselves out of the house.  We love the rural quiet and stunning vistas of Stolen Horseshoe but on occasion, the craving for a day or two (or three) of urban life becomes far too much to ignore.   Most of the time, we’ll hop [...]

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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

The Island In The Driveway

Ray and I have a very long driveway.  It’s kind of curvy so when you get home, the mesquite trees close up in your rear-view mirror sealing off your frazzled memories of the the workday.
When you drive up closer to the house,  the driveway gets very wide.  It’s a big open space with no character. [...]

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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Ya Just Gotta Relax

Last Sunday after a challenging week, Ray had gone to run errands leaving me home by myself to relax.  I won’t go into details about the events that led up to needing time alone but I will say my home and my psyche were left with a ”bad energy” residue from the prior seven days.
I was gazing [...]

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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Two Years!

July 30th was the two-year anniversary of my blog.  Normally I would be excited by this but since I have not been blogging with regularity, I’m kind of sad.
It seems that lately, I have become more of an observer than a reporter.  The desire to express myself has been somewhat subdued.  Am I suffering from [...]

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