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Thanksgiving

From my Rocky Mountain table to yours, I’m wishing all of you, my family and friends, a very blessed and loving Thanksgiving. Pat from the ol’ kitchen table. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Pat...

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A Gift of Love

Christmas is almost here and family and friends are getting together. It’s a celebration of love all over the world. The gift to the world was a baby over 2,000 years ago and Christian faiths will bow...

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Happy New Year

May there be Peace for one and all, as we say goodbye to our gatherings of family and friends over Christmas. I hope you keep the home fires burning and may you be blessed this New Year 2019 and...

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Snow In The Rockies

It’s that time of the year when old winter and a spry, youthful spring duke it out. It’s no different than here where I call home in the Colorado Rockies. We’ve gotten 18 inches today so far and still...

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Squeezed

Have you ever felt squeezed in certain situations or in making a choice? I had that happen just recently when I called for technical help on my site and noticed brakes screeching on the inside. I felt...

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God Wink

Ever get a God wink? I got a God wink today – that’s what I call it. For me, it’s a moment that connects me to something out there . . . like more is going on and someone is watching. Continue reading...

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One Of These Days

How many times have I said that over the years . . . “One of these days”? It seems to be a hope and dream for something distant. But lately, in these golden years, time is relevant and it has …...

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Your One of These Days Can Happen Too

We dream, and dream some more, saying to ourselves, “One of these days.” Most of the time, we never get around to seeing it happen. Well, I’ve done a lot of dreaming, too, over the years; but, this...

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A Christmas for 2012

I’m reposting this from some 7 years ago now and the message still rings true on this eve of the Christ child’s birth. May you all have a blessed and loving Christmas. The night is dark and there’s a...

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2020 and Friendship Over the Pond

Hello and welcome to a new decade and a new look, a work in progress. Here we are nearly a quarter of the way into this New Year and I’m just making my first appearance. Actually, it’s taken a fellow …...

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When We Come To It

I look around at what’s going on with this coronavirus and I wonder, “Will we come to it?” Is this the time when we will be brave enough to listen . . . to change course and accept a new … Continue...

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Baby Boom 2020

What’cha doin’ out there? In nine months or more, will we see another baby boom on the rise? Perhaps, the timing is not there yet, as we’re still right in the middle of a pandemic. But, in light of the...

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Hope and a Future

These are trying times and no matter how this pandemic is touching you, there are times when you may feel like you’ve lost all hope. I know I’m not saying anything you already don’t know and aren’t...

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Imperfection

Hubby took this photo many years ago and it struck me as something seemingly out of place – imperfect, if you will. How did that beer bottle get lodged in the rubble of that old roof? There’s evidence...

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A Better Way

I watch and observe what’s playing out these days in governments, politics and the media and I ask myself, “Isn’t there a better way?” Whether we’re in the era of gladiators, Civil War or pandemic, the...

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Christmas in 2020

I’m wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. Here we are nearing the end of 2020 and feeling the familiar spirit of love and giving, as we pause to celebrate life with all faiths and...

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To Everything There Is A Season

Merry Christmas everyone and wish for you a loving and happy New Year in 2022! I hope you have been well this year and, in spite of perhaps some ups and downs, life has been good to you. Here we …...

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Shiny Pennies

Shiny pennies. Never thought much about them until the other day, when I stepped out of my parked car and noticed 2 of them shining brightly on the asphalt. They drew my attention and the thought that...

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Goodbye 2022

So, here we are, on our trip around the sun, near the end of another year on this glorious blue ball we call earth. Just like every day, we get to start over, fresh, each year trying to get it right....

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Next Year is Coming

It’s been a good 2023 year for us rambling around in our Colorado mountains. Not much to write about and that’s good compared to all of what’s reported these days. Life is simple in our golden years...

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