Category Archives: nostalgia

Summer Cool Down and Sum Up

Here in Texas we sort of forgot what rain was this summer.  The entire state has been parched….trees gasping at the roots, gardens slumped in brown crunchy despair, temps soaring into the 100′s while fantasies of rain flit in and out of fevered afternoons in evaporating pools.  What is rain again?   Does it spring up from the ground like spit from [...]

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Boob Tube Bygones

      This post is in response to Mama Kat’s workshop prompt:  “A list of 10 old TV shows you’d like to make a comeback.”  So some of them I’ve chosen obviously can’t make a comeback due to the deceased, passage of time, and a few criminal charges.  But, never-the-less I have compiled a [...]

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Comfort Food at its Finest

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      This post is in response to Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Prompt:  ”Comfort food at it’s finest. Share a family favorite recipe you loved as a child.”  OK so it wasn’t exactly my family’s recipe.  But many families do enjoy it and many can afford it.  And it has always had the power to [...]

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I was more grown up at 18

This post is in response to Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Prompt: “What was your big dream for yourself when you were 18 and had graduated from high school?”  Well, I bet we all can look back and laugh at that one.  Or cry.  Or applaud our accomplishments, or abandonments.    …I’ll let you know what [...]

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A Letter to My Love

       Where for art thou, my love?  For years we enjoyed each other’s company lying upon the couch together, surfing the TLC, HGTV, MTV and WE  Channels.  We have such a restful history together enjoying mindless snacking on Chips-A-Hoys and Cheese Nips.       Do you remember those days when we were feeling spunky and [...]

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