Category Archives: Humor

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

What We Leave At the Grave

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Barb

Recently, I was doing some research for a story and strolling through a cemetery when I encountered a clear plastic box at the foot of a grave. The box was the size you’d store pencils in, but I could easily … Continue reading →

Posted in A Laugh, Appreciation, Change, Humor, Writing | Tagged Bobby Jones, Graves, Groundskeeper, rabbit's foot, Stones on a grave, Thankful, Thanksgiving, Weird, Weird relatives, What we leave behind | 19 Comments

How To Take a Viking River Cruise–Part 1.

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Barb

It’s been a while since my last post. We have a bit of catching up to do. Last Christmas, we decided we’d save our bucks for anniversary, birthdays, and Christmas and give ourselves an international experience in the upcoming year … Continue reading →

Posted in A Laugh, Appreciation, Change, Humor, Traveling | Tagged Amsterdam, Dutch Pancakes, How to Pack, New food, Reading foreign signs, Tourist, Traveling with a guide book, Vacations, Viking, Windmills | 26 Comments

How to Survive Your Spouse’s HighSchool Reunion or “I’m Ready For My Close-Up, Mr. DeMille”

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Barb

Hey! Let’s go on a book tour…and add relatives, and people we haven’t seen or kept track of in years and years. Won’t that be fun? First Stop: A Texas High School Reunion. (Go Eagles!!) Now, I’m sure many of you have … Continue reading →

Posted in A Laugh, Change, Choices, Hope, Humor, Life, Satire, Smiles, Traveling | Tagged aging, following the rules, journeys, Kia Rio, Kilgore TX, parties where you don't know anyone, poor farm, reunions, Texas, Traveling, yearbooks | 37 Comments

Frankly My Dear….Put on Your Bloomers and Get to Work

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Barb

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 | 32 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

A Tube of Tea, please?

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Barb

I don’t get it. You’re going to have to explain it to me. Sure, sure, when it comes to a hot day on the beach nothing’s better than a cooler of drinks. You’ll find me head down, bottom up, clawing … Continue reading →

Posted in A Laugh, Cooking, Humor, Life | Tagged bubble tea, canning, Change, ginger ale, homemade root beer, summer, sun tea, tapioca, Tea | 29 Comments

A Man’s Candy Bar

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Barb

In addition to graduations and strange U.S. national holidays: National Bubba Day (June 2nd), National Moonshine Day (June 5th), and National Paul Bunyon Day (June 28th), the month of June hosts Father’s Day(always the third Sunday in June). So, I … Continue reading →

Posted in A Laugh, Appreciation, Change, Choices, Humor | Tagged candy bars, Change, chocolate, Comfort food, E.T., Father's Day, holidays for men, wasabi, World War II | 28 Comments

Changes in The Last Send-Off

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Barb

I’ve been absent in the name of research, spending time with morticians and gravediggers. Thank heavens no one died. It was for a novel …not a horror novel. It’s a coming of age story, but one of the things that … Continue reading →

Posted in Change, Humor, Writing | 30 Comments

Packing List and What I Wish I’d Done Differently for the Coast to Coast, U.K.

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Barb

For my regular blog readers who’ve read this far about this trip, thank you. I hope you had a good time and a good laugh. I understand that you may not care about an equipment list. But…it may help you … Continue reading →