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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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- 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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- 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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Tag Archives: Laughter
A Merry Heart Does Good Like a Medicine – But a Broken Spirit Dries the Bones – Proverbs 17:22 –
Last night we attended a party at the home of one of our friends. We enjoyed the good foods and beverages provided and finger foods we all brought to the party. As we feasted, we talked and laughed a lot. One lady … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged Celebration, Christmas Season, Church I used to go to, Feasting, Finger foods, Good like Medicine, Laughter, Merry Heart, My church, My home, Proverbs 17:22, Remote Island, Story, Stranded, Tale
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Home – Where Life Happens – Beginnings – the Middle – And Endings – Memories Are Made at Home –
Home is where life happens. Family, pets, the good stuff we talked about with one another and the stuff we tried to forget, it mostly happened at home. The days we remember about the people we love we frame in … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Thought
Tagged Believing, days we remember, Family, Forget, Home, Hope, Laughter, Life Happens, Memories, people we love, Pets, Silly stuff, stuff we tried to forget, times we cried, Together again
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Barren Floors – Weeds Shooting for the Stars in the Yard – My Hubby Working Very Hard to Finish Demolition before Surgery – We Go Out to Eat Again Today – Kitchen Temporarily Unfit for Cooking – Praying for Steve’s Hip to Heal Completely –
My energizer-bunny hubby looks frazzled like this cactus after working longer hours than usual trying to finish demolition of the hallway and kitchen tile before his surgery date. I’m not comfortable with cement dust assaulting his lungs as he scrapes … Continue reading
Contrasting Florida and Arizona – What are the Differences – Love them Both –
I spent nineteen years in Florida. I arrived one year ago in Arizona. Both have warm (HOT) climates in the summer. Both have pleasant winters. So what’s the difference? Florida is humid; Arizona is arid. Florida has big fluffy white … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Memoir, Thought, Uncategorized
Tagged Arid, Arizona, Bad Hair Day, Blue Sky, Carol Ann Hoel, Clouds, Florida, high humidity, Humid, Laughter, Low humidity, Sun, Sunshine, White fluffy clouds, Wispy clouds
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Hee Haw – Chelsea Speaks – Listen Up and Don’t Forget It…
I love to eat. I drink until I’m full. I hear what I want to hear. I see what I want to see. I like people that like me. Yes! I’m the same as you! I want my dish on … Continue reading
Posted in Hee Haw Series, Humor, Pets
Tagged Bichon Frise, Chelsea, Dog, Drink, Eat, Happy Pet, Laughter, Pets, Same as you, Silly Story
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Oh How You Love Me – Oh How You Love Me
Is there any wonder why I love You so – Jesus – Lamb – Lion – Servant – King – You are the source of my joy – My Provider – Keeper of My sanity – My comfort – My … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Addicted, banner over me, Carol Ann Hoel, Comforter, Jesus, Keeper, King, Lamb, Laughter, Lion, love, Provider, Servant, Strength, Voice of my beloved
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There Once Was a Woman Named Jessie (Short Fiction)
There once was a woman named Jessie, whose life was a mess for sure. She hated the likes of everyone else, and hated herself as well. Jessie was angry and poor and sick. She worked a job that she hated. … Continue reading
Posted in Short Fiction
Tagged depressed, distressed, Favor, Flash Fiction, Laughter, miserable, Poverty, Savior, Short Fiction, Truth, unconditional love, undeserved favor, unearned favor, warm heart, worried
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Remembering a Snowball
Remembering the old days, I choose to focus on good memories, like the day my Aunt Virginia visited us on a snowy afternoon during the holiday season. We were a blended family, two parents and six children, in all. Aunt Virginia was … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged Aunt, Aunt Virginia, blanket of snow, Children, cocktail, cousin, Deer, dining area, dining room, French doors, glass doors, grasshopper, green mint, holiday, holiday season, honorary aunt, Laughing, Laughter, minty, Mother, pristine snowfall, run, Running, Season, Snow, Snowball, snowball fight, Snowballs, snowfall, teenage, teenager, Virginia
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Two Lives Entwined
Two lives entwined – The younger And the elder – Forever friends – For one believed For the life Of the other – The elder for The younger – Forever two lives Entwined by Love – Defined By necessity of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged by love, Defined, defined by necessity, Eagle, elder, Faith, favorite dish, Forever, Friends, friends forever, Fun, God, Hope, Hope in the Lord, isaiah 40 31, Jesus, kidneys, last conversation, Laughter, Life, life of the other, Lord, love, necessity, One believed, Other, Pray, prayed, Prayer, Savior, soar, soars, Spirit, spirit soars, sweet potatoes, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day dinner, the elder, the younger, toxicity, turkey, two, Two Lives, Two lives entwined, virus, walking with Jesus, wings like eagles, younger
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Laughter Please…
Yesterday I made macaroni and cheese for our supper. My recipe called for layering, first the macaroni, then the cheese, next the chopped butter, then the salt and spice mixture, and next combined milk and egg. After the milk and … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Humor, Memoir
Tagged bread crumbs and butter, Failure, Humor, Laughter, macaroni and cheese
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Laughter Therapy
If anyone needs to heed advice To lighten up – I am The one – Whatever I do That requires concentrated Effort causes me to Stress – so I confess God has put me on laughter Therapy to heal … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Laughter, Laughter Therapy, Lighten Up, Lord, Medicine, Stress, Stressful Feelings, Stressful Thoughts, Therapy
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