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Category Archives: Appreciation
Frankly My Dear….Put on Your Bloomers and Get to Work
Speaking of change…(which I do often), a couple times a month I work at an adventure clothing store. Mostly I chitter-chat, and listen to others’ tales. It’s a writer’s haven for character studies. But every now and then, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Change, Humor, Women, Writing
Tagged Civil War, hoopskirts, Piecework, Rhet Butler, Robert E. Lee, Rosie the Riveter, Scarlett OHara, Women at War, Working, wounded warriors
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Change Your Mood With the Right Shoes
There is a gumpy little saying cruising the internet. It’s all over facebook, adorned with rainbows or kittens. To be a rebel, I’m attaching my saddle oxfords to it…or I would if I had any. First…the saying. If you are … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Appreciation, Cats/Dogs, Change, Choices, Enough, Hope, Humor, Life, Satire, Smiles, Worries
Tagged Change, Forgiving Yourself, Happy Childhood, Memes, Saddle Oxfords, Shoes, The future, The Past, The right attitude, Worry
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Tongue Spam: Eating Everything But the Moo!
While doing research , I ran across an old black and white magazine ad for SPAM. In the Hormel line-up was Tongue Spam. Unfortunately, I can’t find the ad again in the internet maze, but it brought back a shadowy … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Choices, Cooking, Enough, Hope, Life
Tagged Change, cooking, cow eyeballs, cow tongue, dustbowl, farming, ketchup, Oklahoma, pressure cookers, soap making
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Septic Tanks for Dogs and Other Things I Didn’t Know I Should Be Grateful For
Maybe it’s because ol’ Fido is now guarding the golden gates. That’s the excuse I’m using for not knowing about Doggie Septic tanks. This handy dandy Do-It-Yourself project allows you to bury a vat in a corner of your yard. … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Appreciation, Cooking, Hope, Humor, Literature, Smiles
Tagged Banned Books, Change, Cooking Failures, Dog Waste, Humor, Librarians, Libraries, Magnetic Field, Martha Stewart, Septic Tanks for Dogs
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The Gift for Someone Who Doesn’t Need Anything
Many of the readers of Before Morning Breaks are folks who’ve tromped the by-ways and vine-littered trails of life. The souvenirs they’ve picked up along their illustrious and rock-an-a-hard-place journeys are gemstones of stories and wisdom. So when you ask … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Appreciation, Change, Choices, Enough, Humor, Life, Smiles
Tagged Before Morning Breaks, boats, Change, Gifts for the hard to get, good souvenirs, healing hearts, life journey, the best gift, Valentine gifts, yachts
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Leaking Music from the Past
Why were moans leaking from audience? The people swayed as though in the clutches of a romantic experience. For pete’s sake, these were folks speckled with gray hair and combed with wrinkles. They said…it was actually the music that was … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Change, Humor, Life
Tagged Change, Frankie Valli, Jersey Boys, memories, music, nostalgia, System of the Down
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How I Became a Crappy Scammer
I smugly did a good deed this past week, righteously patting my self-anointed back and giving myself three good-karma points redeemable for honking at mindless parking lot idiots aimlessly wandering down the middle of the street and chatting when I’m … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Appreciation, Change, Humor
Tagged Blogging, Change, Humor, karma, lemon cake, non profits, overcoming fear, parking lot zombies, Scam, social media
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FREE: A word that doesn’t change.
There’s a story behind the Two Pan’s Needles, Dogs, and Secrets posted last week. It surprised the woofers out of me to discover that sewing needles were a precious commodity in the newly opened Western territories. It was easier to … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Change, Enough, Hope, Humor, Life
Tagged Change, free advertising, Humor, Macys, Meier, Potatoes, Sewing, sewing needles
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