Category Archives: Enough

The Gift for Someone Who Doesn’t Need Anything

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Barb

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 | 48 Comments

Ending the Summer with Weird

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Barb

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

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Barb

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 | 35 Comments

Tongue Spam: Eating Everything But the Moo!

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Barb

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 | 35 Comments

Clothing for Hot flashes

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Barb

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.

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Barb

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 | 56 Comments

Grinding with Water of the Past

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Barb

The heartbeat of the past goes….Click…tick…click. The sound echoes around the work room. It’s the steady pulse of a contraption called a damsel which shakes a few grains of wheat into the eye of the mill’s grinding stones. A water … Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciation, Enough, Humor, Life | Tagged barley, Change, corn, damsel in distress, field trip, flour, George Washington, grain, grinding stone, grist mill, mill, rye, tours, Wheat | 31 Comments

Trapping the Tooth Fairy

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Barb

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 →

Posted in A Laugh, Choices, Enough, Humor, Life, Smiles | Tagged Candy, Halloween, Humor, life, Peeps, Teeth, Tooth Fairy | 26 Comments

Childhood Lies Come True

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Barb

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 | 23 Comments

Things I Said Goodbye to in September

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Barb

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 →