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Here's to a Christmas Couch!
Hi, Everyone! Â I never dreamed I'd be away this long!I'm looking forward to catching up with my blogging buddies.Terry and I had a wonderful time cruising on Royal Caribbean's Ovation of the Seasfrom...
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Merry Christmas!
Hi, Everyone!  I can't believe Christmas is four days away!Even more unbelievable is that Terry and I are flying to Albuquerqueearly Saturday afternoon and catching a shuttle to Sante Fefor Christmas...
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Christmas in Santa Fe
Hi, Everyone! Â I hope Christmas was great for you and your loved ones!If you don't celebrate the holiday, I hope you had the best of weekends!Terry and I had one of the best Christmases I can remember...
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IWSG: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 ~ BookBub???
It's the first Wednesday of the month,the day that members of theInsecure Writer's Support Groupshare their writing strugglesand writing successesand offer their encouragementand support to fellow...
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Contemplating 74 in '24
I'm looking forward to 2024 with a sense of hope and optimism,although I'm in a different frame of mind than I have been in the past.I more keenly feel how fragile and fleeting life is,and I am aware...
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You're Seventy-three. You Don't Need a Platypus!
"You're seventy-three.  You don't need a platypus!" Terry said as he watched me snuggling a plush puggle in the Taronga Zoo's gift store in Sydney, Australia.He knows me too well. Taronga"But when I...
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Ten Below! Time to go!
We fled Colorado on January 14th.When we left our house at 6:15 am, it was 10 below:-10ºF or -23ºC.Definitely time to go!A frigid Dawn At DIADenver International AirportJanuary 14, 2024© M. Louise...
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Books I've Read in 2023
My blogging buddy Jeanie at the Marmelade Gypsy just shared the booksshe read in 2023:  55 books, 17,785 words.  I think that's awesome!As for me, I wasn't going to share my 2023 list, because it's...
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IWSG: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 ~ Turn Me On, Don't Turn Me Off!
It's the first Wednesday of the month,the day that members of theInsecure Writer's Support Groupshare their writing strugglesand writing successesand offer their encouragementand support to fellow...
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Aloha!
Well, I didn't plan to post today.I'm still not through my Insecure Writer's Support Group rounds,and today Terry and I spent time with our nephew Conorwho was passing through Honolulu for workand then...
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Enter the Lions!
On February 11th, I was one of the residents and visitorsat the Royal Kuhio who enjoyed a special treat.We celebrated the beginning of the Year of the Dragonwith the Wah Ngai Lion Dance Association....
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Walking Among Giants!
Last year I read Peter Wohellben's wonderful book "The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from a Secret World."As I explored the Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu...
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A Dozen Eggs and a Half Dozen Faces
I'm doing a short post today.I can hear the sigh of collective relief ~ lol!We're flying home in a week, and I am slammed!Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date theme this week is "Eggs."So, out of...
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IWSG: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 ~ AI and Creative Writing
It's the first Wednesday of the month,the day that members of theInsecure Writer's Support Groupshare their writing strugglesand writing successesand offer their encouragementand support to fellow...
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Flying!
Aloha!Waikiki and Diamond Head, O'ahu, Hawai'iNovember 13, 2023© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy BlueAll Rights ReservedToday Terry and I are flying home after saying "Aloha" to the lovely island of...
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Kitty Heaven
The first time I walked into the International Market Place in Waikiki this year,I stumbled upon Kitty Heaven.Pretty Kitty Through the WindowNAO ~ RagamuffinCat Café MOFFInternational Market Place,...
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Four Hundred Five Years ~ For the Love of History
Do you like history?I grew up with a father who was passionate about history,and a brother who inherited my father's love of the subject.Enviably, both of them had minds that could rememberpast events...
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When I'm in Vegas, I Always ...
I was riding up the elevator at the D on Fremont Street Tuesday morningwhen an employee asked me, "How are you this morning?""I'm waking up," I said, saluting her with my hot cup of coffee."What would...
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IWSG: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 ~. Everything's Coming Up Roses!
It's the first Wednesday of the month,the day that members of theInsecure Writer's Support Groupshare their writing strugglesand writing successesand offer their encouragementand support to fellow...
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Aloha!
I'm really in a time crunch this week,but I decided just now that I could post something brief.On February 26th, Terry and I attended the Kilohana Hula Show in Kapi'olani Park.It was spectacular!...
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