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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 –
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- 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 –
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- 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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- 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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Living a better way now – taming the thoughts I think – You ask – Why make a change – why not think the same – Learning things I should have known raised my Expectations in this life from good … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Poetry
Tagged Believing, Calvary, Change, Confidence, Expectations, Gospel, Grace, Growing, Healing, Jesus, Learning, Plain talk, Power over spirits, Strength to use authority, Taming thoughts
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Getting Up Close and Personal with my Laptop – Preparation for Posting on the Road – (The Fox Photo Is a National Geographic Wallpaper) –
Getting up close and personal with my laptop? Until recently I have never used my laptop computer on my lap. (My lap is up close and personal. Well, kinda.) I have always treated my laptop like a desktop PC. My laptop has … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Auxiliary monitor, Change, Computers, desktop computer, Keyboard, laptop computer, Motor Home, Mouse, New Trick, Old dog, Posting on the road, Printer, RV, Speakers, Up Close and Personal
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Trimming Plants Continues – Steve Does the More Tedious Work – He Is So Sweet – We Are Moving from the Front Yard to the Back – Lantana and Little John Receive a Trim Today –
This Little John is the last bush I trimmed in the front yard. Steve is still working today on removing those weeds that look like rugs spreading out on top of our stone covering. This blooming Lantana was difficult to trim as the flowers were … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged Back Yard, Change, Flowers, Front Yard, Gardening, Landscaping scheme, Lantana, Little John, Plans, Red Lantana, Time, Trimming plants, Weeding, Weeds
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Telephone Booth – Once a Common Sight – A Useful Tool When on the Road – Where Are They Now – I Haven’t Seen a Phone Booth in a Long Time – The World Is Always Changing – But Jesus Is the Same – Yesterday – Today – and Forever –
Hebrews 13:8 – The Bible (KJV) – Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever. Living on our revolving earth where circumstances, patterns, and lifestyles change constantly, we may lose our balance. Knowing that our Lord never changes is more … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged all powerful, All-Knowing, Balance, Change, Circumstances, Doubt, God, God is Love, Jesus Christ, Jesus does not change, Lifestyles, Lord, Lose Balance, Nothing impossible to God, Patterns
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Returning to Life Again after Widowhood
My life has changed. I am married to Steve, a gentle and compassionate man. He lives in Arizona, and I have moved from Dallas into his home. He helped me move. Now that is kindness. What a project! Another astonishing … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged beauty for ashes, blessing, Carol Ann Hoel, Change, Computer, garment of praise, Garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, God, Good Times, Jesus, Life change, Life has changed, Lord, Lord Jesus, Marriage, Married, Mourning, Moved, name, name change, Oil of Joy, oil of joy for mourning, Praise, Promise, Savior, Sorrow, Widow, Widowhood
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Land of Celebration
One month more than a year ago Our lives drastically changed From our lighthearted communication To your silence and helplessness – From our choice to a one-way street – No turning back No turning back You were my inspiration then … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Alzheimer's, ascending, Celebration, Change, Choice, Communication, declining, Distance between us, Drastic change, Ever Hoping, Ever Trusting, Helplessness, Holding Hands, Hope, Hoping, Illness, Land of Celebration, Living One Day at a Time, Meet again, My Inspiration, No Turning Back, One Day, One-way Street, Quiet, Safe, Separation, Separation forgotten, Shadow, Silence, Sleep, sleep deeply, Trust, Trusting, Valley, Valley of the Shadow
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Sometimes I Forget My Flesh Is There
LORD – I struggled with her yesterday – I was cranky for no good reason – Sometimes I forget my flesh is there – But You reveal my adversary to me – Oft she may assert herself – Though I … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Better Day, Born of the Spirit, Catch Unaware, Change, Cranky, Demanding Her Own Way, Domain, Familiar Territory, Flee, Flesh, Forever, Forget My Flesh, Forgive, Free, Groan within, Hate, Immortality, In my Flesh is No Good Thing, Jesus, Lord, Mortal, Mortal Puts On Immortality, New Life In Christ, No Good Reason, No Good Thing in Flesh, Praise, Praise the LORD, Rattles Cage, Redemption, Redemption of Body, Seeking Her Old Territory, Seeks Control, Shame Your Name, Shine Light, Shining Light, Sometimes I forget My Flesh, Struggle, Thank You Lord, Throne, Triumph, Twinkling of an Eye, Upper Hand, When She Rattles Her Cage, You Reveal My Adversary, Your Spirit in Me
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The Journey with You LORD
The seasons of my life Looking back I see Looking forward They made no sense To me The seasons of my life So painfully spent Pleasures mingled with Years of distress Changed me You gave me freedom To make choices … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Bible, Change, Distress, God, Journey, Learning, Life Journey, Living, Looking back, Lord, Pain, Pathway, Pleasure, Seasons, Word of God
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Not the Woman I Will Be – Not the Woman I Was
LORD I shine like the stars at night Until a horsefly lands On my nose or A horse steps hard On my toes – There goes… LORD I celebrate each conquest You bring into my life But when I believe … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Celebrate, Change, Fall, Fly, Holy Spirit Power, Horse, Horsefly, Housefly, Image of Christ, Toes, Woman
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Season Change
The air wafts cooler crisper Rattling leaves will soon Give up their grip as Rushing autumn breezes Hurry here to greet us Eagerly we wait for Season change . . . . . . . Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 To every … Continue reading
Featuring Short Stories…
Click the Short Story Category on the right for your reading pleasure: Letter to Mom, a story about Lauren, a precious young woman struggling to tell her mother in a letter about her relationship that has run into trouble. Her best-friend-for-life, Deb, … Continue reading
Posted in Promotional
Tagged Baby, Birthday, Boots, Boy, Change, Cinderella, Dog, Family, German Shepherd, Gift, Girl, Handicap, Hardship, Letter, love, Mother, Relationship, Short Story
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Changes
Changes When life changes without warning My inner compass goes berserk My comfort zone disappears I drive about but cannot steer Why it happened isn’t clear Questions appear Unanswered I feel threatened Filled with fear I call His Name Jesus … Continue reading
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