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… on christmas magic despite spiking
I love Christmastime (I also love that spell check doesn’t autocorrect me when I type it as all one word). I really do. I... Read More
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… on the freakin’ egg thing
It’s holiday time in Dingleville – a smiling family, perfectly behaved dogs, celebratory cherubs…. We are the equivalent of the Whos in Whoville –... Read More
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… on conversations while waiting for the spine doc
Yesterday, I went with Granny and Grampa to the doctors. Grampa had fallen – and bounced – again a week or so ago, and... Read More
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… on camelot and christmastime responsibility
Well, it’s that time of year again. All year long, I try to fly under the radar. By all appearances, I’m just a regular... Read More
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… on upping the chances of chatting with jesus
You know how sometimes, you’re amblin’ through life, feeling like you’ve got the grown up thing fairly well worked out? (No, this doesn’t happen... Read More
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… on a bouncing octogenarian. again.
Yesterday, as I was ho, ho, ho-ing down the hall (side note: Don’t try to mimic a Bawston accent there – taking away the... Read More
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… on christmas movies. asterisk.
Today is a big deal official holiday in Dingleville. It’s Decorating Day. There are fires in the fireplaces, pancakes and bacon have been consumed.... Read More
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… on a most thankful thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving Day 2006, I sat in a chair pulled up to the side of a hospital bed in the Intensive Care Unit at... Read More
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… on apples falling from trees
You know the saying, ‘The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree’? Ya? You know the horror that courses through your veins when... Read More
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… on the stigma of canine mental illness
We Dingles have a family secret. It’s one of those things that we don’t talk about. A skeleton in the closet, blight on the... Read More
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… on recovered grampa and dogs who choose poo over rabbits
“If the dog hadn’t stopped to shit he’d have caught the rabbit.” Yep. Grampa’s back. He and Granny drove up to see his surgeon... Read More