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When I Thought of Myself as An Adult
I had my first child when I was nineteen, my second just after I turned twenty-one. By the ripe “Adult” age of twenty-four, I was on my own, raising these two little ones with no means of support other than a waitressing job. Looking back, I realize I was a child, raising children. I clearly… Read more
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One of THOSE days…
This morning I planned to get a lot done and right now it is afternoon, and I’ve done two things on my list of twenty. These days tend to snowball on me; after coffee, I want to prime some wood for painting, but in order to rinse the brush afterwards, I need to clean out… Read more
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Burning Man Festival, 2023
For those not in the “know,” Burning Man is held yearly in the Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada, usually the last Sunday of August through the first Monday in September. So many people show up for this, that Gerlach, the little town just outside of the Black Rock Desert, is transformed from a sleepy… Read more
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Tracing Electrical Lines
Hubbin was tracing the lines and breakers in our home’s electrical panel, since the original list that was taped to the inside panel door was brittle; each time we had to open the panel, more of the original list disintegrated and fell off. He found two breakers that did nothing when he tripped them but… Read more
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The Christmas “Gotcha!”
When my youngest was about four years old, I signed him up for the Sheriff’s Santa Program. Every year the Sheriff’s Reserve would dress up one of their own and the Sheriff’s deputies would drive them around to participating Carson City Nevada homes, so that the children could visit with Santa on Christmas Eve. When… Read more
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A Pig Rescue
I help out. It’s not something I brag about; it is just who I am. This morning I was scrolling through FB and saw that my former boss had posted yet another picture of an animal that needed a forever home, which reminded me of the time she had found a small pig online that… Read more
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