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- 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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Everyday Life for People that Live in an RV – What Could Be Better than to Wake Up in the Morning to New Surroundings yet Being in Your Own Home – It’s the Little Things in Life that Make it Okay –
Bellefonte, Ohio, RV park, not where we were the day before and not where we were three days later. We were in this town seeing whatever there was to see. Sometimes we have to drive the Jeep a little distance to find restaurants and … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Bellemonte, Carol Ann Hoel, Cereal, Coffee, GPS, Grill, iPhone, Kentucky, Living in RV, Mount Vernon, Ohio, Pizza Hut, Propane gas range, RV, Stick and brick Home
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Gambel Quail – Beginning of Our Collection of Bird Sightings – We Plan to Begin a Collection of Birds We Identify as We Travel – Mainly Birds We Do Not Often See –
Our first sighting of Gambel Quail occurred on March 5, 2016. There were four of them and they were strutting about with those curly things protruding from their heads, poking the ground with their beaks, darting back and forth. It … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Birds, Memoir, Photo
Tagged Bird Watching, Camping, Campsite, Coffee, Coffee Pot, Electrical Box, Gambel Quail, iPhone, photo, RV Travels
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Breakfast at Sunrise – We Do It Everyday – Early Risers – We Sip Coffee and Watch the Sun Rise in the Sky –
Hubby and I are up before daylight everyday. We enjoy being awake when the day breaks. We raise the shade that covers the window at the table in our motor home while darkness still lingers. By the time coffee brews … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Morning
Tagged Blessings, Breakfast, Coffee, Early Risers, English Muffins, Light, Morning, Motor Home, Resort Park, Sky, Sunlight, Sunrise
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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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Ocotillo in Bloom – Arizona Blue Sky – Loud Whistling Bird – Beautiful Morning – God is Good – All the Time –
A whistle, loud and clear, broke my concentration. I looked up from the book I was reading to see which bird could produce such a piercing sound. I grabbed my phone and slowly approached the blooming ocotillo plant where this bird was perched. Other times I’ve tried … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Morning, Photos
Tagged Arizona Birds, Arizona sky, Blooming Ocotillo, Blue Sky, Breezes, Coffee, God is good, Loud Whistle, Ocotillo, photo, Piercing Sound, Reading, Sunshine, Whistler, Whistling Bird
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Little John Blossoms – Something We Will Miss When We Hit the Road – What More Will We Miss When We Live in an RV – Will Adventure – Travel – and Family Visits Satisfy – We Think So –
Little John’s blood-red blossom caught my eye this morning. Outside in the early hours after dawn, sitting in one of our super-comfortable lawn chairs with attached table and cup holder, I acted out the pleasures of living in the RV of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Analysis, Memoir
Tagged Alone Time, Coffee, downsizing, Eliminating labor and expense, Hallway, Kindle, lawn chairs, Little John, Living in a Hallway, Morning, patio, Pleasure, RV Lifestyle, screen room, Solitude
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Conversation between Friends at Starbucks (Short Fiction)
“I’d like to buy a home, but how can anyone take a chance in this world of uncertainty?” Mary, a single mom with a good job, spoke from her heart. “What are you afraid of, Mary?” her best friend, Sherry, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Coffee, Short Fiction
Tagged Catastrophes, Christ, Coffee, Economy, Flood, hurricane, Jesus, Short Fiction, Single Mom, Starbucks, Terrorist, Tornado, Tsunami, Uncertainty, Worry
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I Thank You – LORD
For young green leaves on trees Outside my window – I thank You – For coffee – and a donut – I praise your loving kindness – LORD – For my hubby – thank You – I see how much … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Believing, Blessings, Break, Coffee, conquered death, Conquered death and grave, conquered grave, death and grave, Donut, Encourage, Forgive, Gift, green leaves, Hubby, If, If these blessings were all, Jesus, Jesus Died, Law, leaves on trees, Life, Life Meaningless, Lord, love, Loving Kindness, meaningless, Meaningless life, Offering life, Paid the Price, Power to Save, Praise, Sin, Strength of Sin, Thank you, Thank You Lord, The Soul that Sins, The soul that sins - it shall die, To break the strength of sin and law, Trees, Trials, Victory, Without hope, Young green leaves
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Quiet Place
This sturdy iron bench in the background of the photo is a quiet place where I sit everyday for twenty minutes or half an hour enjoying my mornings. It’s one of three benches under the portico that serves the entire … Continue reading
Cold Morning
My habit is to get up in the morning early, brew a pot of coffee, and drink my first cup outside sitting on a bench surrounded by the green landscape of our grounds. I am seldom totally alone; others are … Continue reading
Morning Coffee
Morning Coffee A sip of my favorite coffee in the morning is for me nothing less than a gift from heaven. It is more than a beverage, more than a tradition, something near transcendence from where I am to where … Continue reading
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