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Atomic Housewife. 19/52 (Photo credit: Sarahnaut) Does anyone else know/remember that old joke, poking fun at Women’s Lib? Something like this: Before women’s lib, a woman would get up, make coffee and...
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Lower center of the The Last Judgement by Michelangelo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Several years ago, I read “A Complaint Free World,” by Will Bowen. In it, there’s a challenge to go 21 days without...
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Mercury EEG (Photo credit: Max ☢) It’s always somebody’s awareness day, week, or month, right? November is Epilepsy Awareness month. If you’ve noticed purple ribbons, or purple in general, showing up...
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M*A*S*H (Photo credit: L.A.’s Filming Location Expert) What can I say? I needed a little break from the battering of life on the fringe. I waited and waited, but neither Hawkeye nor BJ showed to patch...
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fairy tale pic (Photo credit: Kjirstin) In a land in which no one ever expects to reside, there were two little girls, born just days apart. One called The Empress, and one called La Princesa. The two...
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vintage class photo, 1957 (Photo credit: deflam) Yesterday, detangling Flower Child’s hair. Mrs Fringe, “Tomorrow is picture day, so let’s make a little extra effort, and you have to pick an outfit...
View ArticleMoments: On Christmas, Mourning, and Family
Hark! My angel Yesterday I went Christmas shopping and had Man Child, Nerd Child, and Flower Child decorate the tree. It all had to be done, and I just didn’t feel like it. I am rarely “on top of” the...
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Question mark made of puzzle pieces (Photo credit: Horia Varlan) In English, the word is puzzle. In Spanish, the phrase is rompe la cabeza, or rompecabeza. Translated literally, “breaks the head.”...
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Glucose (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Flower Child has been sick for four days now, koalaed to me since Sunday morning. Life with a medical needs kiddo is…interesting. It’s never just a sniffle. Forget...
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Publicity photo of the cast of the television program Charlie’s Angels. From left: Jaclyn Smith, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and Kate Jackson. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Remember them? By today’s standards,...
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English: One of the “shakes with a punch” at Hot Chocolate at Docklands. Whiskey, Baileys, Very Vanilla & Bee Keeper ice cream, dark chocolate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As I’ve mentioned, I’ve...
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Knock the Door ! (Photo credit: Elias Pirasteh) Busy writing, busy reading, busy mamaing, busy stressing. And a bit blue. Probably from all the busying of daily life nonsense, and the need for warmer...
View ArticleThe Walls are Closing In
Near the wall (Photo credit: Niamor83) I thought I would feel better after my rant about fear and changes in my last post. Wrong! I posted, and then checked out this week’s posts from blogging...
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English: Pleiades Star Cluster (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Trite as it sounds, sometimes as a parent you have to make hard decisions. Husband and I had to make one of those last week. Flower Child’s...
View ArticleHappy Mother’s Day–to all the Fringelings
Flowers for all the Mommies If you hadn’t noticed by now, I’m not generally a fan of the “Hallmark” holidays. But I have to admit, Mother’s Day can be kind of nice. Today is extra nice on several...
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Edward_Lear_A_Book_of_Nonsense 115.jpg (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As mentioned often, I haven’t had a day off in years. Some days contain more suckage than others. Today, not starting off so well. I...
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No Whining (Photo credit: bepositivelyfit) I do quite a bit of whining here, if you hadn’t noticed. I happily tell you I’ve got plenty to whine about. It’s a life, like anyone else’s, and I’ve got a...
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Happy Saturday, Fringelings! It’s been an exhausting week for me, lots of ups and downs, how about you? Two highlights. One, Nerd Child is home for the summer, hooray! It was a seventeen hour day...
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