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Fire Update
Our golden hills are scorched looking, but the grass underneath the trees burned so hot and fast that the oaks should be ok. The fire's progress has been stopped, but firefighters remain on the scene putting out hot spots and flare-ups. In the photo above, you can see the trenches dug by dozers that stopped…
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A Happy Ending
Are you ready to have your heart feel happy? This past October, my nephew suffered a cardiac arrest while walking his friend's dog one evening. A passerby saw him fall and called 911. The paramedic team in the above photo arrived quickly, performed CPR, and transported him to the nearest hospital. Without any doubt, those…
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Memorial Day
Thank you for your service. Thank you for your sacrifice. We remember.
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Hartman
Today's post is a tribute to a lovely man I knew decades ago when I was a young woman. Many years ago I worked at a major university which was trying to attract minority students to achieve more diversity in its graduate programs. I was a lowly administrative assistant in the Department of Graduate Studies,…
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Did You Know?
The new Miss Rosie's Quilt Company patterns are now available! The pattern on the far left is called Bounce (sorry, I cut off the bottom in my excitement to take the picture), and was pieced by my friend Thelma (Cupcakes 'n' Daisies), and quilted by the amazing Linda Hrcka (Quilted Pineapple). I cannot wait to…
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Hello Sunshine, and Let’s Meet a New Friend
"Honey? What's that strange light coming from the sky?" Oh, it's the SUN! Hello sunshine, hello. It's been dark for a very long time….We have had something like 25 consecutive days of rain here, and today it didn't rain! With any luck, we will have a few days to dry out before the next storm…
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Let The Weight Loss Begin
getty images I got such a fabulous response from successful "Losers" on my Friday post on needing a diet! The overwhelming consensus is that you can't do much better than Weight Watchers for a weight loss program. I got so many tips on healthy living, eating right, and losing weight from my blog readers! If…
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French General Giveaway!
I don't know what I am more excited about–this giveaway or the fact that the incomparable Kaari Meng from French General read my blog! Evidently one of my enthusiastic raves about her new fabric design Rouenneries came to her attention, and she emailed me to say that she would like to contribute a couple of…