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Sleeping Felines and Why They’re So Important
It’s amazing what you can learn by sitting on the porch all afternoon, watching the cats. Like this: cats sleep a lot. What is it — 18, 19 hours a day? I can understand why lions get exhausted, what with … Continue reading
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She Was a Good Doggy
The first day we got her, I left the kids with the Norwegian Artist, dutifully snapped on the leash, and went for the inaugural walk to the park, where somehow, when I blinked for a fraction too long, our newest family member clamped her mouth shut around a dead duck. Continue reading
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Mouth of the Grand Canyon — Mine
For some reason, I lack the genetic DNA to sit in a circle and listen to one or two members of a group drone on and on about how they feel about what we have all just endured. Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, blogging, Christian, church, culture, current events, daily life, e-mail, encouragement, family, friends, Grand Canyon, humor, life, middle age, Norwegian, painting, personal, polite, relationships, society, writing
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Bruce Willis Knitting
I confess: I engage in reckless behavior. Sometimes I salt my food before I taste it. I set the cruise control for two miles over the speed limit. If the headache’s bad enough, I’ll take two aspirin instead of one. … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, beauty, birthday, blogging, Bruce Willis, business, Carolyn Henderson, Christian, culture, current events, daily life, Die Hard, economly, encouragement, family, gift, growth, health, humor, job, knitting, life, lifestyle, middle age, movie, news, Norwegian, personal, Polish, random, relationships, Steve Henderson, surprise, sweater, work, writer
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Card Me — Please!
I just bought a bottle of beer so that I can make more shampoo. Yeah, that’s right. I pour beer on my head, mixed with a liquid soap that has pronounceable and recognizable words in the ingredient list (Olive Oil, … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, alcohol, art, beauty, beer, blogging, business, Christian, culture, current events, daily life, economy, encouragment, family, growth, health, humor, life, lifestyle, motherhood, news, personal, relationships, wine
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An Alarming Faceoff in the Bedroom
Ah, but Norwegian Artists are a determined race, and the offending item was banished to the far Netherlands of my nightstand, and that only with my avowed promise to use my body as a shield against the Aurora Borealis in numerical form. Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, blogging, clock, courtesy, culture, current events, daily life, encouragement, family, health, humor, life, lifestyle, menopause, middle age, middle aged, Mother's Day, news, Norwegian, painting, personal, Polish, relationships, Steve Henderson, writing
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And You Think Naming a Baby Is Difficult?
Accessorizing the seared gourd is a deep, warm cream dubbed cheerful cheesecake, which makes me wonder what a depressed cheesecake looks like.
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Tagged art, artist, baby, beauty, blogging, business, Christian, colors, culture, current events, daily life, economy, encouragement, entertainment, family, growth, humor, job, life, lifestyle, naming, news, Norwegian, orange, painting, personal, pun, random, relationships, vocabulary, wine, work
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The Little Things Don’t Tweet and Ring
One of the phones buzzes; another one shrieks; the third one retches. When they all go off at once it sounds as if the dog is getting sick. Continue reading
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The Multi-tasking Norwegian
Given that the Norwegian Artist, however, is one of the sanest people I know, his digital reading habits in conjunction with the wielding of his brushes apparently don’t mess with his brain as much as living in constant contact with me.
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Tagged Agatha Christie, art, audio books, birds, blogging, books, CD, culture, current events, daily life, digital, dollar store, entertainment, family, humor, hymns, Italian, jazz, job, life, lifestyle, marriage, middle age, motherhood, multi-tasking, music, Norwegian, painting, personal, reading, relationships, work, writing
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The Uncommon Cold
The Norwegian Artist, however, believes that the Enemy Cold Virus needs to be attacked head on: sweated out, molested, assaulted, crushed, mashed, mangled, forced into unrelenting hard labor, deprived of oxygen, marched to the edge of the precipice and hurtled over the side. Continue reading
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Tagged art, blogging, cold, culture, current events, daily life, entertainment, family, gallery, Great Falls, health, job, life, lifestyle, married, middle age, Montana, motherhood, news, Norwegian, painting, personal, relationships, sale, sick, Steve Henderson, western, work
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