Category: art
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Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays Holidays: The Power of Celebration By Jeff Herring “Celebrate, celebrate! Dance to the music!” – Three Dog Night “I just want to celebrate another day of livin’.” – Rare Earth “It’s a celebration!”- Kool and the Gang Let’s put this under the heading of “things I just don’t understand.” What I want to…
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Cast your Vote
Cast your Vote: Holiday Card Design Contest by Zazzle.com Here’ Lisa G.s’ entry Sleigh Ride Thanks Lisa G.
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Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for all we have and those who came before us. Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving as a national holiday in 1863. In the following article. Take in his profound words on this holiday. ‘Tis the Season for Giving – A Brief History of Why We Give Thanks By Elizabeth…
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Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween Halloween has always been a fun holiday for us. Our first Halloween as a family was in Oct. 2002. We dressed Emily up in a pumpkin outfit and went around to saying “Hi” to the neighbors. We took pictures of her in her costume. In 2003, we were “cats” and met with the…
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Connecting with Others
Connecting with Others In this time of fast paced lives, It’s important to make time to connect with others. I can remember years ago before computers became household items, I enjoyed writing to some members of our family and a few pen pals. It was great to read about what they were doing and exchanging…
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Nature’s Paint Brush
Nature’s Paintbrush Summertime’s long days give us many wonderful opportunities. Usually when we go visit family we head for home and it’s already night time It’s dark and sometimes only a moon is out and shining on our way home. Well last Saturday when we left for home it was still light out. As we…
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The Black Stallion and my memories
The Black Stallion and my memories I’m told that little girls love horses. Then when they get older other things, perhaps boys (LOL) take their place. Well not for some girls and woman. I’m one of them. I’ve loved horses from the first time I was near them. The first time I was near them…
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Thoughts on Motherhood
Thoughts on Motherhood Just over 5 years ago, I gave birth to my oldest daughter Emily. In the moment my first daughter was born, I became a mother. I remember the first time I saw that little face of hers. It was the most beautiful face. It was then that I felt like a “MOM”.…
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April Showers: Lessons from Nature
April Showers: Lessons from Nature dip dop,dip dop, dip dopdop Outside it’s cloudy and the rain has begun. My thoughts linger at the sound. We step outside to do an errand and in the hurry to get into the car and keep from getting too wet, my daughter points out the flowers nearby. I ‘m…
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March: Celebrate Women’s History Month
March: Celebrate Women’s History In 1978, “Women’s History Week” was formed by a group of women in California to generate public consciousness of all women in history. As word spread rapidly across the nation, state departments of education encouraged celebrations of National Women’s History Week as an effective means to achieving equity goals within classrooms.…
