Tag: memories
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Celebrating a Once In A Life-Time Moment
The restaurant was Biaggi’s down in Evansville. It was wonderful food and a beautiful space. Do you see the ledge of the hearth on the fireplace remember that as you read more! The Alsman Family hasn’t been together like this in years. Of the 3 Alsman children Maxine, Horace and Fred one died at the…
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A Family Celebration
Tonight I didn’t write my last article until now because Mom and I have been busy with Christmas Cards for my family. Cousins we have not seen in years will be here for this Celebration. My Great Aunt Margaret will be turning 100 on Sunday. Such an amazing feat in itself plus we are trying…
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Do you ever see wild animals?-Writing Prompt
Well I do live out in the country. The deer in the area have a modem of different reactions they like to get out of me. Sometimes they like to freak me out completely without any warning. Like a flurry not seen until they pass me trying not to have a heart attack from the…
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20 Years Ago…
As I drove into the Wal-Mart parking lot this morning lots of thoughts hit me. There have been numerous times I thought I lived in that store. Now I tend to stay in the car. When I am in the store for longer than 30 minutes I can feel the pressure of the cement floor…
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Time & Christmas
Although I am no longer that young naive girl so excited to get presents on Christmas; I love making a Christmas atmosphere. The anticipation is most of the fun of Christmas. I don’t expect much in that way as much as I do the looks on everyone else’s looks from the stocking stuffers I am…
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Nostalgia & Christmas Music: Ms. Becky
There are songs that stick in your memory. For some reason I had always thought of this song as a somewhat sad-sounding sound for Christmas. Of course it comes from the Peanuts cartoon. Becky had a lot of titles at church. Not to mention owning the Dairy Queen with her husband in their town. She…
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Are Christmas Cards Irrelevant?
Last year I wrote letters to my Sunday School teachers and the other couple in the class. Since at that point that’s what our class was for most of the time. Not long afterwards a floodgate arose and several came into the class closer to Christmas. People don’t give cards out like they used to.…
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Movie Memories
Tonight is the debut of “The Biltmore Christmas.” For weeks this show has been on commercials for the Christmas Hallmark season. As much as I have a love and hate relationship with Hallmark I love this show already. About two months ago I was invited after church to a friends house with other church friends;…
Jewells of Thought 