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I'm Barb. I write about change. Those niggling alterations that creep into our lives until we laugh at ourselves. And if you don't think change is funny, pull out your high school year book and give it a look-see. Check out "About" in the header if you want to know more.
Newest Release
A Growing-Up tale told in clandestine radio broadcasts.
BK Froman (a.k.a. Kris Knorr)
Funny, Blunt WWII Tale of Owning the Past
Change: The Knothole of Normal
A Sparkling Comic Disregard for Change
The Two Pan Series: See BOOKS in header
Two Pan 2
You Know You Want To Read This
Another Great Group
Category Archives: Enough
The Gift for Someone Who Doesn’t Need Anything
This came out 6 years ago, but my 2 brain cells don’t remember it, so maybe you’ll enjoy it again, too. Many of the readers of Before Morning Breaks are folks who’ve tromped the by-ways and vine-littered trails of life. … 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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Ending the Summer with Weird
Here’s another thing you’ll have to explain to me… Hair has become the new art medium. I understood why Tom Hanks used his hair to weave a rope in The Castaway , but why…. Are people using their hair to … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Choices, Enough, Humor, Life, Satire
Tagged artists using hair, hair scupltures, Hiar, really strange, Save your hair, Too much time on your hands, wearing hair, wierd
31 Comments
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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Clothing for Hot flashes
It’s Monday. Time to slip on your hot flash jacket, and head back to work. Like a female pine cone squeezing its scales with humidity, (yes, pine cones have gender) fabric woven with chemistry and British voodoo will react to … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Enough, Humor, Life, Satire
Tagged clothing, menopause, silk, smart clothes, smart fabrics, techno fabrics
39 Comments
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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Trapping the Tooth Fairy
Ha! Years ago, we caught the ol’ gal when she smacked into a window. Shaky from a sugar high, she was lurking. Waiting to snag a loose tooth and be on her way. Instead, Dallas Cowboy Fan and I wrestled … Continue reading
Childhood Lies Come True
I like to stand outside on moonlit nights and watch the skies. When there isn’t a full moon, and I’m not looking for elves and werewolves, I enjoy guessing the time of night by the position of the constellations. Because … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Enough, Humor, Life, Sleepless Nights
Tagged Duck and Cover, Elves, Great Wall of China, International Space Station, Lies, Permanent record, Stars, UFO, Werewolves
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Things I Said Goodbye to in September
It takes all summer to squeeze a tomato out of bush here in Oregon. I’m hoping for an Indian summer, but without it…so long mater crop. Picking blackberries growing in matted, skyscraping mounds along most roads in Oregon is a … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Appreciation, Choices, Enough, Life, Smiles
Tagged Blackberries, College, Flowers, Good bye, Moles, On-Your Honor stands, Scout, September, Strawberries, Tomato
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