Tag: memories
member name: Nancy S.
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October 26, 2007 08:28 PM EDT --
I would like you all to meet an amazing person. She has articles that will have you chuckling and others that will break your heart. She has one book published that's based on a true story. . . .
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September 16, 2007 08:02 PM EDT --
Spookville, Mo. May 6 1963
This town is marked by a small store, a deadend intersection and a "spook light" across the state line in Oklahoma.
Population varies from one . . .
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July 11, 2008 01:19 AM EDT --
Before graduation this past spring, my granddaughter was in a school political debate. It just came out in an article in the Stars & Stripes a newspaper for all branches of the military. . . .
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August 24, 2007 10:42 PM EDT --
I took my grandson to visit my sister in Florida. He was thrilled with the plane ride, and sitting in the cockpit of the plane ( when the pilot found out it was his first flight ).
All he talked . . .
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September 06, 2007 05:25 PM EDT --
My youngest son is in the Airforce. He was sent to Korea for a year just before his youngest son was born. When he got home he had to go through a period of bonding with the baby & rebonding . . .
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August 19, 2007 06:05 PM EDT --
This is a photo essay of the Dragon Tail Run. While this trip was on motorcycles, it's a lovely trip by car too. I've included an excerp from the lodge's main page.
Located at . . .
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September 18, 2007 07:10 PM EDT --
When I bought my 12 acres in 1983, half the land was (and still is ) covered with trees. The most beautiful one was just off the hay field, over the edge of a shallow gully. It was a . . .
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September 12, 2009 11:52 AM EDT --
It's been a very long time but finally my house is going to be finished. Ten years ago I had an addition built onto my house and my son and son in law were going to remodel the older part. . . .
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August 15, 2007 09:53 PM EDT --
When my brother in law died of a heart attack, his youngest son was in the first assault in Iraq. His
brothers wife wrote this tribute to him. Her friend in the UK added music and posted it . . .
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March 09, 2008 10:53 PM EDT --
My dogs woke us up this morning barking non stop. When we investigated, we found 3 horses in the yard. We seem to be a magnet for all the runaway animals around here. We've . . .
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May 27, 2008 11:11 PM EDT --
Last weekend my son got home from Afganistan. I'm so proud of him but I'm relieved to have him home. The end of next month my daughter & her family will be home for a few . . .
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August 18, 2007 10:54 AM EDT --
Subject: The barn
A NY man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal.
The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15yrs.; . . .
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November 29, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
When I was a child I spent all winter on my ice skates and all summer on my bicycle. The summer of 1947 was very hot, but I still road my bike all day. When I started having leg cramps my . . .
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December 02, 2007 06:29 PM EST --
This makes a great dish to take to a potluck because it's good at room temperature. I've gotten a lot of compliments and request for the recipe.
Corn Souffle
2 eggs . . .
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January 14, 2008 01:51 PM EST --
When I bought my 12 plus acres, I also bought a small herd of sheep. I still had 4 kids home to help with them because I still had to work a full time , swing shift job. We learned . . .
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January 17, 2008 11:13 AM EST --
When my granddaughter was in the third grade, her school had a poetry contest. It was from 1st to 6th grade and she got the blue ribbon for first place.
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January 21, 2008 03:06 PM EST --
On the 4th of July 1992 my oldest daughter was married. The temp was record high & the news was advising people to stay inside. The wedding was to be in her husbands home town 60 miles . . .
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February 17, 2008 06:47 PM EST --
My youngest son left in January for a 4 to 6 month deployment in Afganistan. He doesn't like it very much because it's very cold and the poverty he sees bothers him. He sent these . . .
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February 21, 2008 10:32 AM EST --
Coming home last night, we watched as the moon eclipsed and stopped a few times to take a picture.
They say there won't be another eclipse . . .
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February 29, 2008 08:21 PM EST --
You can take a boat tour on Lake Michigan for a day, a dinner or even several days. They are wonderful but most people don't know about the river tours. Wendella boat tours. Tour . . .
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