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- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
- Our Rocking Rolling 2018 Tour in Our Motorhome – Living Life – Like Everyone Else – Lots of Good Times – Some Trials and Tribulations – But in the End – It’s All Good – God is Good –
- So Long – So Long – Not Goodbye but Too Long not to Post – We Live the RV Life – Data Costs More than We Like – Posting Requires Data – Almost Decided to Quit Posting – Catch Up Time –
- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
- Sunrise at Van Horn RV Park in Van Horn, Texas – Small Town – Excellent Park – We Are Resting Here – Calm Blue Skies in the Morning – Motorhomes and Fifth Wheels and Campers Coming and Going Each Day – We Love It –
- Books Books – I Read – I Read – And I Wrote the Novel – Buddy for David – Key Words – Crime – Family – Hope – Despair – Adventure – Boy – Dog – Ex Convicts – Love – Courage – Victory – Rich in Action Scenes and Dialogue – Movie to Be –
- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
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- Bikes in Our Future – Steve Turning 80 Soon – Carol Ann 70 – We Think We Can Ride Them and Have Fun – Good Exercise – A Recap of Challenging Journey – Different from Our First Year that Happened without a Hitch –
- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
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- Had to Share this Photo of Lake Erie Shore – We Arrived this Afternoon Greeted by a Wasp that Flew into the Small Window Used to Pay Tolls from the Driver’s Seat – Last Year Hornets Invaded the Cockpit – One Huge Wasp Was Just as Effective in Slowing Down our Progress until We Smacked it Silly and Tossed it in the Trash –
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- Camping on Little Pigeon River Makes Up for Being Canceled by Our RV Park on the Mighty Mississippi – Which Flooded Her Banks This Year – Here We Are on Another Riverbank – Enjoying the View –
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Lord – There is None Like You – Not One –
Lord – You excite me – You fill my heart with wonder – All the blessings I expect from You You exceed – Lord – You humble me – You stop pride in its tracks – How do You do it – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Blessings, Carol Ann Hoel, Excite me, Humble, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Leading Me, Lord, Loving unreservedly, None Like You LORD, Pride, Show Me, The Lord, Wonder, You exceed
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Who Am I – Wife – Mom – Grandma – Great Grand too – a Writer – Last of All – First of All I Am a Spirit – One with Jesus Christ – Forever Young and in Love –
Life is short and long at the same time, short because time flies by, long because we are eternal creatures. Time passes. Life goes on. The hours, days, and years we have here may seem frivolous and sometimes meaningles, but each … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Memoir, Thought
Tagged Comfort, Eternal, Forever, Grandma, Great Grand, Great is the Lord, Jesus Christ, Joy of the Whole Earth, Life is short, Memories, Mom, Mount Zion, The Best Is Yet, The Lord, Wife
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Keepsakes – Having a Sentimental Day – I Think We Have More of Them as Time Passes – Family Ties Are Strong – Love Grows Fonder – Cherished Memories Linger – These Two Items Go with Me Wherever I Go –
I dropped a light bulb after removing it from the socket over our bathroom mirror. It fell and shattered into pieces. I descended the stepladder to begin cleaning the mess. Tiny shards of glass were scattered everywhere, among my makeup items, lipsticks, … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Thought
Tagged Ceramic, Ceramic bear, Ceramic cup, Cherish, Facebook, Family ties, Grandchildren, Granddaughter, Great Granddaughter, Keepsakes, Light Bulb, love, Sentimental, Shattered Glass, Son
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Tea Time Today – Coffee Tomorrow – We Will See –
Steve and I thought we might change our coffee time to tea time, but on a permanent basis, I doubt it will happen. We will see. Jasmine tea is in my cup. Steve brewed herbal tea, two bags of chamomile and one … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Thought
Tagged Brewing tea, Chamomile tea, Change from coffee to tea, Coffee, Jasmine tea, Lemon tea, Tea, Tea bag, Tea pot, Tea Time
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Luxury Defined – Beauty – Convenience – New Appliances – Ample Living Space – Bath and a Half – All This in a Winnebago Journey Motor Home – Almost but Not Quite – Will Extreme Adventure Make the Difference for Us – We Think Yes –
Steve is a stickler on preparation. His idea to photograph every inch of storage space in our intended RV is helping us determine intelligently what to take along and where in the coach to store those articles we deem important. I would like … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Adjustment, Adventure, Alone Time, Basement, Luxury, Motor Home, photo album, Photo Albums, RV, RV Lifestyle, Solitude, Stick-and-Stucco Home, Storage Space, Togetherness
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Shepherd’s Pie – Gluten Free – No Substitutions Necessary – Altered Time and Temp for Convection Oven – Link to Original Recipe Provided – Serves 4 – We Have Leftovers –
I am still cooking four or five days each week but have not posted about it lately. Today I wanted to surprise my husband with something different. Our lives together span less than a period of two years, but each of … Continue reading
If Only … If Only …
The Lord is my Shepherd – I shall not want – Is this a promise – I believe it is – You are my Lord – You always have provided All I ever needed – Throughout the years – Generously – Not only … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Bible, Carol Ann Hoel, Everlasting Love, Generous, Goodness, If only, Jesus Christ, Powerful, Promise, Provider, Shepherd, Taught Me, Understanding, Word of God, Your Word
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Dynamo Man Clears the Land with a Shovel – Overgrown Weeds Are No More – Job Is Nearly Finished – Steve – You Are Good –
Steve is in the left top quadrant of the photo clearing the land of overgrown weeds with his shovel one square foot at a time. I am amazed at the difference his labor has made in only four weeks of … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Photos
Tagged Buyer Choose, Clearing Land, Dynamo Man, Grass, Overgrown Weeds, Plant Grass, Progress, Shovel, Steve
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Immersed in Your love –
Immersed in Your love for me – I sense Your love for all – I yearn to understand – You – Abba – Father – Lord – My God – I search the fields for clues – The longer I seek – more pieces … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Abba, Father, Jesus, Leaped into the fray, love, Love of God, Majesty, My God, Puzzle, Savior, Teach me, Three in One, Trinity, Why You Cared, You LORD
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…You Men of Galilee – Why Do You Stand Gazing Up into Heaven – This Same Jesus Which Is Taken Up from You into Heaven Shall So Come in Like Manner as You Have Seen Him Go into Heaven – Acts 1:11
Acts 1:6-11 – The Bible (KJV) When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know … Continue reading
Another Kindle – Yes – a Kindle with a Glare-free Touchscreen Display – Small – Lightweight – Simple – I Can Read It in the Sunshine – All My Books Are Available on My New Kindle in a Cloud –
The Kindle app on my tablet was working fine, but I couldn’t read the words on the screen. Glare from the sun was spoiling my fun. Solution: a new Kindle with a glare-free screen. I received my new Kindle a few … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Memoir
Tagged Adjustable Font, Ads, Advertisements, Amazon, Cloud, e-reader, Glare-free, Kindle, Kindle App, Non-glare screen, Reading in the sunshine, Sun, Sun Glare, Tablet
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