tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41597742511001724852011-11-27T16:02:51.997-08:00. . . of two people, 33 years together and still counting; one actor, one writer/poet, whose roles at times are blurred.Marcia (MeeAugraphie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00656288704821106002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159774251100172485.post-45100403791596327312007-07-16T12:11:00.000-07:002007-09-25T12:59:53.161-07:00

at my new site, powered by Wordpress.org.I have closed this blog to comments.All new posts are on the new blog: TumbledWords.com.I would love you to visit me there!However, I have made the decision to keep this blog as is! It is my first blog and will always be in my heart, because the words reflect who I was and to a great deal who I still am. . .)I have to share that one reason I left blogger

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Stop! Are you thinking that to help Shelly get 6720 squares to have put together as afghans for the kids that attend Camp Sanguinity means you and your friends have to crochet or knit tons of squares, causing your fingers to go numb because of carpal tunnel, your children to be unfed, your husband to be ignored (more than you MEANT to? Guess what! It really doesn’t. I think many of us - when

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Yes! - No, not by me, nor for me. 156 more for Camp Sanguinity kids. Read about who did it and how easily you can do the same without knitting or crocheting a single stitch!(Oh my, that sounds like I am selling something on TV - nope, I'm not.)READ HERE, please. It is about good people helping people.

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Go on over, take a look at my new blog:http://tumbledwords.comI found a template I can live with for now, adding a few quick items to blogroll there, will figure out the rest - and the hard stuff - later. It will be organized with more tabs.

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Had I just made that one phone call to understand one little detail these would have gone over days ago, weeks ago. Using Fantastico on my host site, lunarpages, to load Wordpress.org 2.2.1 was easy once I realized what to name the directories. Using the import tab in Wordpress on the admin page brought my blogs over with no problems - so quickly - it seemed impossible - though I did lose a

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P1010082 Originally uploaded by meeaugraphieSome days the fog is so all encompassing it feels as if we are ensconced in massive clouds of steam in the middle of the night -- not flying in and out of fluffy clouds in sunlight marveling at their beauty.We tend to form negative associations with fog. Perhaps instead of dwelling on those, the thick fog that seems to either suffocate or stifle us

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OK, it is past time, I am late with this. Yes, I spent the day yesterday just being: hot but happy at the Farmers Market; happy that we drove to get 24 ounces of frozen glory: content on a beautiful drive to get Strawberry, Banana, Orange blended in a cup with no additives; excited at the weather as we ate our quiet lunch outside in JULY without sweating; pleased I did a little housework (yes, me

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Self-ValidationThree are enoughwhen a family is wantedTwo are enoughwhen joined against the worldOne is enoughwhen alone in our thoughtsBut none are enoughwhen self-validation failsMeeAugraphie07/06/07So, like you few out there who love to play games with other people's heads: don't bother copying. Lifting someone's words is not a game, but an offense.

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07/05/07 Thirteen Words I DislikeHAPPY 100TH ANNIVERSARY TO THURSDAY THIRTEEN!! (If you aren't playing with us all, you may want to join in, it is lots of fun!)Thirteen Words I dislike (No, I didn't include the c words or d words, these are cleaner. . .) 1. Leg - Legs, may be attractive in themselves at times, but the word just seems to belong underground, buried and forgotten. 2. Vomit - I

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Oh, looky what I found at Shelly's. Well, it is not her contest, but she entered, that's how I found it! Just tell a story in seven words! How hard can that be? You even get to 'cheat' a bit by having a byline with a helpful fictional author. This is the link to the contest instructions at The World According to Suz and some great examples - and the prizes!My Entry (maybe not):I pushedhe

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"Summertime, and the living is easy", remember those words? I had no idea it was also a lullaby from Porgie and Bess. I'm not that old. During our best summers we spent Wednesday nights at the Country Club pool for family night. All four of us. Grills were set up on one side of the pool, out of the reach of the water we splashed as we swam, dove, smacked our hands, and played Marco Polo."Marco""

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No, not the birds, or whales, or masses of humanity. Blogs are migrating. Elvis is here, not migrating, you can find him at the end of this very wired post! So, feel free to skip this nonsense and head for him. . . . but you will miss links to a lot of great blogs, if you do. . . especially if you are new to this blog, Wait, to heck with that, skip down to the poem, laugh or cry at it, and

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Earlier this year One Day of Blog Silence on April 30th, was proposed, originally for the victims at Virginia Tech, then amended to include all victims. Some bloggers participated, some did not, saying we needed to speak out rather than remain silent. I chose to remain silent for that day and merely posted the banner. I do not regret it.Silence is a long held sign of respect. One day of

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Life StylesHe remains stagnatecomfortable in his plaid pants,his unbuttoned shirt,his hair slicked down as if it were a helmetworn to protect him from change.He embraces changehis pants were plaid, then striped,his unbuttoned shirt became a sweater,his slicked down hair gave way to flyawayas if it were a slap at conformity and a shout for change.He rides along content with everyday jeansbut

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Well, Shelly at this Eclectic Life had so much fun hosting her last contest, she reran it. (or maybe because people demanded she run it again, writers do like excuses to write - not that they really need any) Matty, of I think I'm going to hell! fame at Running on Empty won last time and is judging this time and she is drumming up people to enter - guess she needs excuses to sit back and just

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Photo by Leon.It is that time! Please find only the good in this photo. You may think this is either only mindless dribble or a bit of fun, but it is really training your mind to see the good in people, things, and in your overall life. After all practice increases skill levels - and if you miss something here, no harm will come, no fouls called.Please, once you have commented, click on Nancy J.

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Before you read more: I am merely letting off steam. I am not unaware of or unappreciative of, but actually excited about all the great stuff I have in my life - and I am not talking just material! I wake up each morning grateful! I am loved, I love, I have a roof over my (our) head, food, transportation, clothing. We are finally in the climate we both love, our son and his wife are fine, etc. -

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06/28/07 Thirteen home settings I want to live in!Which is also thirteen reasons I am both easy to please, and not, I want them all! 1. I want to live on the ocean so I can look out at to watch the lightning displays when a storm moves in and the sailboats race. 2. I want to live in the woods in the mountains so I can hear nature and listen to the wind rustle the trees, bushes, grasses, and the

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Sloooooowwwww, for no other reason than lack of knowledge and too many other things vying for my attention - like the pleasant view outside our motel room of trees and roses (OK, they are there, but hidden from my view) and manicured lawn and umbrellas over white tables. It is breezy and sunshine is being overtaken by wisps of clouds, soon to be a gray sky, I think.I managed to follow directions

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Mostly Untapped Power of ParentsMaple syrup poured into bread's centerspreading as far as the little one's eyes could seeacross Franceand down through Spainmaking it nearly to Chinahad the carpet only opened to allow passage.Toothless grinfollowed widened eyesas Mom entered and sang a childhood songwhile the two of them relegated the escaped maple syrup to its newhome of banana peels and crumpled

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Ok, Lunarpages.com will become my new host for some of blogs. Which ones? I'm not sure yet. But I better hurry up, hate to waste that money I just spent! I am going to try out B2Evolution, another open source software, for one blog - having no clue what I am doing, nor how much help is out there, I have not personally stumbled on many of those blogs, knowingly, that is. It just looked

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I'm having to borrow photos from my other blogs. . . but this one is perfect for today's mission, to find only the good in the photo - and there is plenty of good in it. To play along just ignore the bad and search for the good. Good practice for your everyday life. I'd love to hear the good you find in the photo!Then head on over to Nancy's site: Only the Good.

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Hi, I am going to be somewhat limited in my computer time the next five or six days - I would prefer, not to have to key in a password while I am traveling too often, so I will spend most of what time I am on line catching up on all the blogs I enjoy and don't get to read as much, and working on my novel - and knitting squares for Shelly's project. (OK, and bugging the heck out of Leon on his few

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Shelly updated us that they can use knitted 6 inch squares as well as the crocheted granny squares, so all you knitters out there, here's YOUR chance to use up your yarn so you can buy new. Make a kid smile - and while you are at it, remember, if you make the child smile, you know you are making his family smile, too! Come on knitters, let's have a show of force there!

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Note: I have notified Janet there appears to be confusion over the dates on Shelby's blog dates.Note: Everything fine, Shelby's blog is now officially nominated - will show on list next week at official site. YES!Emerging Influential Blogs, 2007 a writing project by Janet Toral has bloggers posting their nominations for:The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs in 2007You, I, we, all have a bit more

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June 22nd was the day Dad was born and the day he and mom got married. They were married as long as I knew them (grin), a marvel as they dealt with lost jobs, went from well enough off with two cars, house in nice neighborhood, country club membership, to barely money to feed, nothing for anything else, no cars, hour each way in FL heat to get groceries on the bus (unairconditioned), no money to

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06/21/07 Thirteen Things about My Dad1. Dad outlived all his brother and sisters, his entire family, by many years. He lived until his mid-eighties.2. Married late in life, was nearly 40 when I was born, very old school values as well.3. Avid golfer, but played only on weekends due to work.4. Dad taught my brother and I to play golf. The way the course was laid out, the four of us would go over

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My Dadold schoolunwaveringthen softenedbut for a momentwhatever neededto be donewasdoneperhapsa gameof golfthen feet upnewspapers openedtv newsor detectiveson the case,a few hands of cardsa word or twowith usbreakfastlunchanddinnerno extravagance there(unless you count theoyster stewonly once or twicea year, whenwantoverrodepracticality)quietbut notwithdrawnuntil life suckedhiminsidebit by

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Thursday Thirteen will be also be about my dad since Friday would have been another birthday for him. Today is about perceptions, being influenced by others, seeing things differently later.Growing up, Mom told me Dad left his job in NC as an accountant because they wanted to promote him to a manager and he didn't want the responsibility. I didn't question this, but formed an opinion that Dad

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(Edited to show photo above taken by Leon. I am so used to being the photographer, the few times he gets to take a photo, I forget to give him credit. Sorry, Leon.)Today is Father's Day, (in some time zones, not yet here). What a great day to practice finding only the good. Whether you are a father, a mother, another adult or an older child - it is the perfect day to find only the good in

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ONE FATHER'S DAY -- TWO THOUGHTSSome fathers quake in their shoesat what is in store for them:milk, eggs, and toast(sprinkled with crunchy bits and 5 tsps. of salt)a trip to their favorite fast food joint(the kids', not that of the father)awakened as early as Christmas morning(excited kids, you know)another new tie or golf ball(to add to the collection or lose on the water hole)a fresh hole dug

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Friday Fiction is the next post down!My poetry and fiction blog is back online on its own domain - with a little help from Blogger help, specifically, Chuck (nitecruzr). So, if you happened to have a link to it, although it will redirect from http://meeaugraphie.blogspot.com to http://meeaugraphie.com, please update your link. It feels all grown up to have my own domain. Will it change how I

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Note: Due to an ongoing love-hate relationship with my computer and all related (or Murphy's Law) my MeeAugraphie poetry/fiction blog is not cooperating with me. So, my first ever Fiction Friday will be posted here, the later ones will move here when my mini crisis is solved.For those of you new to Friday Fiction (like me) - they are drafts. The rules say no editing. I went back five lines to

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to your brain and shuts down all that procrastination for a few hours. That is fact!Unless, of course, you choose to prove me wrong. And not one blogger I know would choose NOW as the time to prove me wrong. That is fact!How do I know? Because as a group bloggers care. They are writers and you don't become a writer without caring about other human beings. That is fact.So, time you moved that

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06/14/07 Thirteen Things about Unliked Positions 1. on the bottom. . . of the pile when the passer is rushed 2. in the jaws. . . of a shark 3. on top. . . of a bridge during high winds (make that any winds) 4. face down. . . in a cow pasture 5. next in line. . . for a round of shots (not talking booze here, y'all) 6. standing beside. . . a Florida construction worker at 4:30 p.m. on Aug 15th 7

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Bone, dear Bone, titled his blog so well: If you read ONLY ONE blog this year. That alone established he is clever. This post was intended to only be my Three Word Wednesday post, but really, don't just stop over there to read those posts, look around. You will find yourself reading and reading.He gave us 4 perfect words as a prompt this week. I knew where I was going with them immediately:

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Acquainted With GuiltShe knows it wasn't enoughbut shoves the hauntings away'til they leap forth unbiddenand threaten her sanity's stay.Rationalization steps up to defend,spouting that chaos intruded,but, lets not dare to pretendthat more couldn't have been done.She was commended for heroic deedand if truth be told it was earned,but at what expense to two otherswhose hearts were left burned.There

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Leon needed to type something quickly before work this morning, not a normal occurrence. He does not in any manner resemble a typist, which is one of the reasons he does not blog more than once or twice every six months. Since my laptop was booted up, I turned it toward him to use. He leaned into it ready to hunt and peck. . .Stopped his hands in midair and just had this blank expression on his

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Write a limerick describing your blogNo need to find words rhyming with frogtry photography or fantasticor R-rated, smart, elastic -just don't say it's a bump on a log.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~See what she has done, I can't help myself. She, who?Jenny McB ! is sponsoring: J's Blog Limerick Contest -- What Makes You Unique?The rules are

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This is my entry for the contest Shelly of This Eclectic Life, is holding for the second time: This Blog "Blows My Dress Up" Contest.Now, if you haven't read Shelly yet, or don't know that expression the way she does -- you may read a bit more into those words than are meant. . . although that might be funny in and of itself. Great humor y'all, that is all she is looking for. So, let's all pile

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I truly think this group of clouds reflects my mood! I am high because I love getting up every day, peeking outside, having my cup of tea and toast, or coffee and scone, spending time with Leon and losing myself in the written word, mine that tumble out, and those of y'all and whoever else I stumble upon. I am low only because Leon had to return to work, and on top of that, after a restless

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Ahh, gray clouds building up -- find only the good in this scene. . . lots of it there.Great practice for finding the good in life around you. . . Found it? Great! Now hop on over to the official Only The Good site and hunt for it in Nancy's photo. While you are there, why not grab the button for your side bar, give Nancy your blog link and play along with us. We all need at times to look for

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NOTE: I MISQUOTED DAMIEN RILEY, IN MY EXCITEMENT AT TEASING. . . I APOLOGIZED IN MY COMMENTS. . . but I am sure you can easily see how I came to my conclusion of his words (which were not even his. . . oops). So, just enjoy my 8 things, and then read in the comments what he really wrote. And, it may be a good idea to do as I don't and pay more attention to your own words as you post so you

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Damien Riley at Riley Central had a blog carnival going about success stories of people doing what they love. With Leon off all week, I got little done, blog wise, and forgot to post about his carnival. The deadline is June 9th, oops, today. I was going to write a post as an entry. . . but what I wrote is not really what I had intended. So, I am not entering it, but reminding you that maybe you

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06/06/07 Thirteen Things about Marcia's iBook1. When we moved from South Florida to WA, I gave our son my crummy desktop so he would have no excuse not to email me, and equally because I wanted a Mac and new that would be the only time I could afford even a bottom line one. So much for no excuses about the email. . . . (But it works fine when he needs a letter proofed. . .)2. I got my Mac the

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Click on the globe above to visit Mimi Lenox to view the other globes flown for peace. We can make a difference, both in our little world and in our extended world. I believe very strongly that each individual can make a difference. Click here to read my words on peace.May each one of us make an effort to set an example of peace, to influence those growing up, to remember that peace is as

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We made progress today on our stage play, Which Way Did It Go? We are only 786 words in, behind schedule, but, we learned today the big one: how to work together. Our method of playwriting, since I cannot type fast enough even when he speaks in slow motion, is now to just write it verbally and record it digitally for me to type later. I've been "ordered" to print it out each day when I have

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This week I am in the clouds, enjoying having Leon 24 hours at my beck and call. Wait, I must have my head in the clouds --for real -- because this is a working and "run to five stores in two towns to find one little electrical transformer" type week. As my husband is what one would label a hard worker, and since changing jobs to move out to my dream climate he doesn't get a lot of vacation,

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I am reposting this photo, in part because I still cannot get into my photo file. . . In a perfect world I would just hop on over to the MAC store and get a cool new computer with a huge hard drive and it would open. . . Today, we are going to concentrate on only the good!We may have to search a bit harder to find "only the good" in this blurred photo. Whether you have seen this one before or

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and as proof (to me) that we were meant to write scripts together: We actually had good ideas, agreed easily on what worked and what didn't, have the beginning and ending scene ideas firmly in place, a title, characters, and know HOW we are going to approach writing it together. Only 29 more days to get along that way and we will have our first draft of our first romantic comedy stage play,

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To my friend in Mexico and family and friends in Florida and those scattered in the South East and Texas way: We are thinking about you during the hurricane season. . . It seems to have gotten a leg up on both coasts already: Be careful, be safe, and once you are in safe places, THEN, have as much fun as you can, because by then nothing you do will change it, so you may as well make it a stolen

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Today is our 33rd anniversary. At one point we both probably (did) wonder if we would get past the first 3 or 4, but something inside told us to keep trying, keep pushing, and keep diving in for more. I've told him we have to make it (and will) to 90 years. . . After reading the poem I just wrote about us, (well, poetic license - and editing of thoughts before keyboard pressed, both taken) I

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05/30/07 Thirteen Things about Marcia and LeonThursday Thirteen - Anniversary Edition - again, as in our 33rd1. In his younger days, Leon's claim to marriage infamy was to buy roses at the bar from that cute girl wandering bar to bar selling them, then forget that he had them, leave them in his truck overnight and the next afternoon in the FL heat - and then give them to me. I told him as much

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Life, An Interesting MixLife sucks inand breathes outin rhythm withour expectations,some tell uswhile othersspeak of preplanneddestinyandlittle control.Could it be thatthe destiny was onlyto whom we were born?life, merely, our expectations?Upon those building blocks,either luck, that we figured that outand expected moreor self- preservation,that we wanted more?And added to that the littlewe have

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Today is Memorial Day: to remember those that fought for our freedom, our safety.I do thank them most for being brave, both when they were strong and when they felt least like it. Thank you. Can you hear me? Because my thanks mean nothing if you can't. Or do they? Because your family might hear it. . . and I am sure they have a direct line to you - in some manner. Let me say it again:Thank

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. . . not me. Figures. I am the poet in the family, but he out romanced me more than once in our 33 years married this June 1st. It was the day after my 57th birthday that was the most special and had nothing to do with my birthday.55-alive! was having a contest on what was the best thing about the second half of our lives. He had made one or two blog entries at their site and I suggested he

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Please, use this photo to practice finding "only the good" in life. There is good and not so in the photo, your mission is to see only the good. Look hard, you may just surprise yourself with what good you do find. And, feel free to join in and post your own photo on your blog. Just let Nancy know here and she will add you to the blog roll on her site! (And visit anyway, she always has an

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I think this is too funny to not share. I found it on a blog that is as it's name indicates, RV Videos.You may want to run over there and see if there are other videos that may make you laugh, but this one is NOT about RVs. . . Whether you are for or against Walmart, the video is funny.Hope you laughed, now try to get it out of your head.

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Check out their logo. I'm displaying it on all my blogs with the link back to Script Frenzy - the more people writing the more muses getting a good work out -- has to be good for the universe, wouldn't you think? If you don't wish to participate, but want to get the word out to your readers, they have another logo in the two larger sizes without the word participant on it. Why not add it to

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Live your life your way as long as it doesn't hurt someone else, take all the free advice you can get for its face value and its hidden value, but then take all of it with a grain of thought (yes, I wrote thought). Then you can toss it aside or over your shoulder like a grain of salt.

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Thirteen Things about Me1. Some days I am tired of thinking as deeply as I do.2. Some days I overlook the details,3. but some days I want too many details.4. I love a breeze, even if it is too warm. It is the movement I love.5. Slightly more than breezy pulls me down, until I stop to remember I love moving air, then it makes me smile, why?6. I love walnuts, especially now that I know that they

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ContrastCattle prods are in this yearand daffodil snowfall driftsonto deep green grass,creation replayed.Gentle hugs are in this yearand sand spurs hide in tall grassesto tear into those that dareto trample creation in progress.MeeAugraphie05/22/07Please, do not copy my words without permission. Thank you.

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I tumbled on a newer E-zine published by Sol Smith. I love it: Fictional Publications - An outlet for Independent Prose. I have to share it with the writers out there. One story I truly loved: im in punctuation prison. Aren't we all some days?

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Heading Toward PeacePeace comes one person at a time and that could take forever and a day when you consider the sheer number of people required to make a difference. Yes, it feels hopeless, but so did dreams like sending a person into outer space, much less a tourist tagging along. That, too, began one step at a time."One small step for man." Sound familiar? (If you don't know the controversy

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I am playing with the free templates and some of my formatting disappeared - oops. . . and some of the colors that worked on the old, don't on the new, etc. . . so it may look worse than normal for a while. . .BUT -- I learned a couple of new things in CSS or html or whatever it is today, by experimenting. . .One day, I will find the tabbed template I love. . . for Blogger in nature's colors. . .

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That's me up above that cloud, Shelly at This Eclectic Life included me in her list of nominations for: Janette Toral's Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs in 2007. It took me most of the day to accept that I don't have to pretend like it didn't happen, to not speak out about it with pride! I am proud, I am excited, and blast it all, I am saying it for anyone that tumbles by to read, YES!

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OK, this is the only photo I could come up with, due to my computer (and operator) problems these weeks. . . I see it is unclear. . .fuzzy, so right away you have to look around that to find the good and that is all you need to do, overlook any negative and find only the good and leave me a comment of what you see, please.Then jump over to the official Only The Good Site and check out Nancy J.

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How do you laugh a lot, get exercise (over 4 hours on our feet and pacing), spend more money than you should, and entertain others all in one trip? It's simple: just go eyeglass shopping with Leon and I. We both needed dark glasses (cataracts are on there way because we don't wear dark glasses anymore, oops), progressive lenses for everyday AND safety glasses - now that is potentially 6 pair

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OK, so not exactly, since it takes two, and he is working and has such a way with words and quickly (read that quick biting wit) that if he were here he would one up me most of the time - not that I wouldn't give it a good fight and win a round or two. If you haven't yet read my Thursday Thirteen (just below this post) it is about us -- our 33rd anniversary is coming up!People, a few anyway,

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Thirteen Things about Leon and I 1. Our 33rd wedding anniversary is June 1 2. We both like being married, go figure. 3. He spoils me rotten. 4. I do not spoil him rotten because when we first married he told me not to put him on a pedestal in that tone that says he meant it! I never let him live it down. 5. That does not mean i have NEVER spoiled him. 6. We had birthday weeks, not birthday

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Computer PanicProcrastinationand Murphy's lawjoined handstoo many photostoo little roomdoing two thingsatoncenowthousands of photosno longer showingin Iphoto:Count equals ZEROcomputer burpsdesktop blanks. . . .Phew!Icons returnedtoo many photostoo little hard drivetoo little knowledgetoo much frustrationtoo little knowledgeStroke of Luck!photos discoveredin theresomewherehiding,secure in a

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Up in the sky, it's a plane! And power lines and white fluffy clouds and gray ominous clouds and bright blue sky. A bit like life, isn't it? Both this photo and life have:things we have no control overobvious beautybeauty that may only be in the eyes of a fewthings some people think mar the beauty of the sky and cloudsconduits for energymovementthreatening thingsthe results of someone's

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You're going to have to search a bit today to find the good in this! I found it while I was taking it, I'm sure you can, too! Taken in Washington in the Cascades. Yes! A beautiful place to see. Make sure you check in at Nancy's Only the Good, and grab yourself one of those beautiful buttons like the one I have on my side bar! I chose the light green one with the hummingbird, but you have other

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My favorite story teller, Shelly, at This Eclectic Life tagged me with this Chinese Freeze Tag. I’m supposed to tell 10 interesting facts about myself, but then I get the fun of tagging 10 more of you! Now, who hasn't been tagged???? Can't mess this up like I did Thinking Blogger, which I still haven't fixed.And I am starting and ending my list in a BIG way. Must be all those years of watching

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These are the three stories I chose to tell about Mom at her memorial service years ago. I wanted people to remember her as a human being.1. Mom let all the kids play kickball and hide 'n seek and football in her FRONT yard in a nice neighborhood that was ringed by ridiculously expensive homes and the Country Club. There was not a playground anywhere in the neighborhood. None of the other

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Thirteen Things about My Mom 1. loved to golf 2. outgoing and friendly 3. adored her two grandchildren 4. lost her mother in her late teens to suicide (Her mother suffered from cancer back in the late 30's, put her in a sanatorium) 5. suffered severe depression off and on entire adult life 6. could not handle people yelling or arguments, felt dinner table was NOT the time for heated discussions (

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GuiltThe phone rang -Hello?She is dying,rapidly now.Your brother is here.Ok, I said.I am far awayand turn to tellmy strength,my rock -we had returnedone daytoo soon.Guilt.Realization dawns -my brothercouldhold the phoneto her earfor onelast word,I. . .the phonerang again.Hello?She has passed.I looked at the clock;ten minuteshad passedsince the firstHello?Guilt.Marcia (MeeAugraphie)07/27/06R05/07/

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Mom was born on May 8, 1921. . .. . . A very very long time ago - and no picture is posted because of computer problems - his PC has a problem and my MAC has been dropped so many times I finally damaged the CD drive so couldn't load the software yet to scan a photo in. This photo, however, represents her love for the ocean. Her dream was to live on the beach - but in Florida - so the sand would

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Working in the yard in Washington state, my head is in the clouds in the sense I am creating something, but I am also completely at peace, relaxed: living.In Florida, the majority of the year, working in the yard still brought the satisfaction of creating something, but my head was unable to think for the intense heat, I was not at peace but physically ill. Looking back (and actually during

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It's that time, find only the good in this photo. Look beyond the obvious if you have to, let's train our minds to seek the good. . . not saying we should be oblivious to the bad, but hey, let's give credit where credit is due for the good!After you've found the good here, click on the Only the Good button on my side bar. Nancy took the time to create a new blog just for Only the Good and made

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05/03/07 Thirteen Things Marcia's excited over!1. Another huge RV show to walk around and more RVs to confuse me with.2. Script Frenzy's website is up!3. Leon and I signed up to write our first stage play - together!! (oh, move over stubborn personalities, we need to work together and quickly!)4. Leon remembered a few scenes from my first (and in progress) novel and suggested we work around

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A picnic lunch I packed todaythinking we'd have it on the wayAnd on the way is exactly howwe drank our water and ate our chow."A picnic means stopping, besidethe river bank or a park," I cried!"I have no time to stop and eatbesides I know not of a table and seat.Only roads and buildings are there,no parks or rivers anywhere."And so he drove and ate todaybut I refused to eat that way.My hunger won

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I wonder if what holds many back from their dreams is merely their failure to dream - for their fear of failure. I know it held me back growing up - dreaming of great things, of striving for things outside my normal daily life was beyond my level of comprehension. I have spoken with adults recently who are still held back, who feel they have to schedule time to dream. . . they have waited so

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I look up to the clouds for signs of change to come. I misjudge the messages of the clouds at times. Like human relationships, we judge the signs to come by what came before, sometimes accurate, sometimes that surprise lightning bolt from the sky. Other times it is a surprise breeze that blows the overcast sky away to reveal sunshine and blue skies. I love surprises of the good kind.

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click here and read it , she very eloquently described blogger's blog addiction. Yep, this is what it is really like for many of us, only a few details may need to be changed according to our individual personality or our hobbies and friends. . .I laughed out loud, cried actually, I was laughing so hard. . . could it be only because I identified? I think not, I'm sure any reader could have

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This is the view from someone's dining room window, looking out at the roof of a house next door. Our mission is to find only the good in the photo, let's train our eyes to see the good in our surroundings, and ultimately, in people. To get you started, for us, the seagulls is a connection between our old life in FL and our new life in WA. I love their sound and I love the mystery that I

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Yes! Finally my procrastination paid off. No, that is not how to introduce Nancy J. Bond's newest blog, but it is true. You see, I (see my labels on the side) started a Sunday - Only the Good, where I posted a photo and asked that y'all look only for the good in it. If it was a grubby yard, then keep hunting until you find something positive. There's good out there, we just don't always see

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This about says it all and it sure isn't the old me. I have a feeling had I changed one answer I would have shown up as my poet personality. I always have so many answers to quizzes or answers not included. So, I present today's results on what type writer I should be, fitting since I want to do Script Frenzy in June, but amusing, nonetheless:You Should Be a Film WriterYou don't just create

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Broken ConnectionsMy greatest fearwas always. . . make thatis stillthat I will notbe able to call for help(perhaps it is because) I wasalways coddled as a childand rarely had tocare for myself.My greatest fearwas not. . . make thatis nowthat I will notbe able to call for help(perhaps that is because) I nowthink I do not know enougham not strong enoughto care for you.My other greatest fearwas

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I've decided to make my about me photo and my avatar the same since I don't really like my about me photo. . . so, for a while I am using this photo of a seagull I took from a ferry in the last year - maybe. . I am using it as an avatar because at quick glance it is a graceful bird turning in midair - at closer look the eyes penetrate, stare. So, two sides of a personality. Hmmm.

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Thirteen Things about YOUR NAME 1. We are born to whom we are born. We can't change that. 2. We die. We can't change that. 3. We live in between the two - in some manner. 4. There is good out there - if we look for it. 5. There is bad out there - if we look for it. 6. There is good out there - in your face. 7. There is bad out there - in your face. 8. We control our own destiny - to a point. 9.

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One Possible Life Cycletears shed abused skinreason empowers thinkinglaughter heals old woesMeeAugraphy04/21/07I love that you have read this, and a link back to it if you really love it is all the better, but, please, don't take my words otherwise without asking -- we would both be happier!

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Well, it is official. I miss it, finally, I mean really, really miss it. It was a part of my well being for fifteen years. Great reasons for discontinuing it (wanted to tutor in adult literacy), great reason for not going back to it later, (not going into it, though). Then, other things caught my interest, then we bought a house that took our money (yeah, I could have danced at home, but I

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April 30th is coming up fast. Click on the logo and find out both the original reason for the moment of silence and what it has been expanded to include. . . My moment of silence will be for all tragedies against man. . . What will yours include?

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Yes, the gray clouds are building up over full time Rvers . No, I'm not talking about clouds caused by age or gray hair), but of the Real I.D. Act which goes into effect in May, 2008, requiring that driver license applicants (or renewals) prove their principal residence by showing a utility bill, a bit difficult when you are full timing in an RV. You may read more about it here. Our dream is

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It's that time, this landscape is a bit scruffy, tree stump a bit decayed, etc. Find ONLY THE GOOD in this photo, y'all. . . It's there, lots of it. . . You don't even need to use rose colored classes to find it, you just need to open your eyes. . . . Great practice for every day life. . .NancyBond took up the challenge, too. Visit her Only The Good 3 - share with her, then why not make your

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No freebies yet. . . maybe someday, when I figure out how to pull it off. Of course, for now, I could just give free advice, but then y'all would run from that, right! So, let me disguise it in a story, off the cuff, probably boring, but SHORT. (Yes, I now short from me, is for the most part, an awesome surprise! So, be surprised - and no this lead in doesn't count!) You can feel in the

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Yes! I found another reason (legitimate) to create a blog -- for exercise. I had already announced to anyone who would listen: I am striving to live to 114, double the age I turned in March. So, since I never remember to exercise, but really don't mind, I started a blog to keep track and act as my own cheerleader, unless someone else wants to jump in and help! Halfway to 114 -- years, that is.

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Thirteen Future Poem Titles by Marcia 1. Lust and the world lusts with you. 2. Laxatives and men are alike, except when they aren't. 3. Priceless, I don't think so. 4. Saturn, Mars, Earth, Bed 5. Cookies and Milk -- my way. 6. Shrek's got nothing on the Chameleon 7. Maple sugar or jalepeno 8. Snails in my hair 9. Sunburned dreams (oops, I just wrote that for my NaPoWriMo for today, why

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