Author: Garnetjewel
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For Such A Time: A Celebrity
When the Trumps came unto the political scene I admit I knew very little about the family. I do remember Donald being on several different movies and television sitcoms; he was a beloved, wealthy American and world wide Celebrity. Yet of his 5 children an in-law stands out to me. She is Mrs. Trump, but…
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Today is Friday… Right?
It has been quite a week. I started out having another allergic reaction to the dog dander on my niece’s clothes. We have had this conversation before. It’s not her fault; unfortunately it’s the other adults in her life. I shall attempt to digress on that issue though. Although that issue caused me migraines that…
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Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone.-Writing Prompt
Well gosh… that doesn’t sound like me at all. If you talk about what you’ve done that’s like patting yourself on the back isn’t it? Well out of the love of my heart Dad has put a lot of energy into our beautiful garden. So for him I have made nearly 30 pints and 10…
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The Naked Tomater
This evening before we take her home to mom’s a little girl got another chance to show off her adeptness peeling tomatoes for canning purposes. In such a short week she has mastered this portion of the process. Tonight we were able to get another batch of cucumbers and tomatoes inside to work them up.…
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Summer Separation Blues…
My goodness it feels like school just ended and here we are our final whole week with my niece of the Summer. It’s simply too short a time. I miss her already and we haven’t taken her back to mommy yet. Each summer she grows up just a bit more than the previous year. Sometimes…
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Banana Republic
This phrase has came up twice at least yesterday from my Telegram feed. Once from Senator Ted Cruz and secondly from Matt Walsh. I am a proud American woman. I don’t like seeing my Country and its values disintegrate into a term used for Third World Countries. There are realities we have come to terms…
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How would you describe yourself to someone who can’t see you?-Writing Prompt
My neighbor Lonnie, last saw me as a young girl. Only a couple years older than his oldest daughter. I never thought about having to describe myself to him like this before. He knows I am the Farmer’s daughter and a musician. He’s heard me play on his piano. He still knows my voice when…
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Today’s Thoughts
Last night I didn’t get to bed before midnight like I wanted to. Unfortunately there was a little matter involving a girl and a charger at 11 pm. I even texted her saying I was not going to stay up til midnight for a charger and it still happened. When my alarms went off both…
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Road-Trip With a Deja Vu Experience This Morning
Once Lilly and I got in the car heading for Sullivan County it didn’t take long to get to our destination. So she was able to get her birth certificate for her upcoming travels. She was happy to get another step of the process done. However, for me it was like being in my backyard.…
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What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?-Writing Prompt
Honestly, I don’t really know about any other traditions we may or may not be attending to. At least nothing that we haven’t already done as a family for years before. Nothing comes to mind, frankly. Times do change and with the Churches we have left over the years we have done live Nativity Scenes,…
Jewells of Thought 