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What Makes A Family?
Yesterday, after school, I was hanging out with a colleague for a little while. We were talking about my blog (believe it or not, she actually brought it up first). I told her a story about when I had reblogged … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, blogs, DNA, family, family relationships, friends, friendships, photos, The Captain's Speech
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Billboards and Catholics
Did you know that no longer do people put billboards up with a bucket of glue, a brush and paper? I kid you not. I don’t know when it became an automatic thing. Techno-billboards. At any rate, almost every day … Continue reading
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Tagged billboards, blogs, Catholicism, church, culture, holy spirit, Honda, Humor, Mass, religion, Roman Catholic, signs, spirit, welcome, welcome home
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I Can’t Get Catholicism Out Of My System
It wasn’t until I started writing that I realized how much my Catholic upbringing is part of my story. If you had asked me a while ago, I would have replied that I was raised Catholic, but my current beliefs … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged angels, baptism, blogs, Catholic, Catholicism, Episcopalian, heaven, memoir, Pope Francis, religion, rosary beads, spirituality
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Where Do Dreams Go?
‘And for that matter, where do nightmares go? © 2016 Barbara H. Knowles Bear with me, because I know there is nothing more boring than listening to people talk about their dreams. Unless they tell you that they dreamt that … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, brain, dreams, nightmares, opinion, recurring nightmare
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Beware the Viking Cometh, or the adventures of a hat.
The first hint that our household was about to be turned upside-down was seeing this visage one night when I awoke. All had changed. The Viking Cometh. What I didn’t realize at the time is that a hat had invaded … Continue reading
Posted in humor, Uncategorized
Tagged adventure, aurora borealis, Bim Jones, blogging, blogs, Dykemans, hats, Humor, jawa, knitting, pumpkin, trickster, Viking hats, Vikings
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The Walking Unread
As a teacher and an avid reader, I’m appalled by the number of people who don’t read consistently. I may set the bar of reading an inordinate amount of books very high, but I’m amazed at the number of people … Continue reading
Posted in reading
Tagged Agatha Christie, blogs, books, Catcher in the Rye, Education, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, language, literacy, opinion, reading, Simon Winchester, TEACHING
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Awards and Thanks
I have been fortunate enough to be recognized by various bloggers for various awards recently. I’m very good about thanking them, but very bad about responding to them. And mostly for a horrible reason….I’m lazy. I get halfway through all … Continue reading
Encouraging Thunder Award
I would like to thank Chris White at the 1951 Club for nominating me for this award! I have recently discovered Chris’ wonderful blog. I realized that the 1951 Club blog is a “keeper” because as I read his blog, … Continue reading
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Selfishes on the Stage of Social Media
One of my high school students calls selfies “selfishes.” How on the money is that. When selfies first came out I thought it was such a great idea. And I take selfies occasionally. A selfie with a great background, like … Continue reading →