slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: Family
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September was a wonderfully busy month. The first half was consumed by the planning and anticipation of seeing my relatives at our family reunion and my mother’s 90th birthday party. My aunt and first cousin came from Colorado to stay with my mother for ten days, during which time the bottom fell out (flooding) over…
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Here it is, the Lake Waccamaw post. Last year was the first year in a long time that we did not spend a week or long weekend at the lake, so we were really happy to go back and spend some time. My sister and brother-in-law were staying four doors down at a little rental…
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Sand turtle Niece Brooke and her Uncle Sandy. Three cousins. Front to back: Sister Lisa, Mama, me You wish you were me, admit it. More to come.
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Lately I have been reading a lot of ACTUAL BOOKS. The kind with a cover and paper and ink? In fact, I think that is why my left hand has taken a turn for the worse because I tend to hold a book in my left hand. Who knew that you could overdo reading? I…
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I am retroactively blogging my trip because we squeezed every moment to get all the juiciness when we were there. It was one of the best vacations evah. I am still uploading photos to Flickr. Last Monday afternoon, we went to play in Boulder, which was only a few miles up the road. Pearl Street…
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Daddy and me on the homemade “go-kart” in downtown Marietta, North Carolina. This photo of my Granddaddy Jones with his brothers and sisters had to have been taken in the teens or early 20s. He is the one with the guitar. I barely remember Daddy Thad, my grandfather on the Parham side. He died when…
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Sandy and I have decided to take a road trip through the heart of Colorado to visit the southern National Parks, since the rains of the last week have caused a lot of flooding in the north and east. We are heading south through the Rocky Mountains, hanging a right at the Great Sand Dunes…
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I rose later this morning because Betty White, my queen, was on SNL last night, and she rocked it, y’all. It’s a busy time for me, but even so it has quieted down from a month or so ago. This week my main duties at work include grade entry for independent studies and helping with…
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I’m not sure, but I think that this was the first Christmas that we’ve had an inside dog at Mama’s for Christmas since Janet Planet went with us down there. Casey was such a GOOD DOG. Sandy and I have been meaning to take photos of ourselves with the Marietta City Limit sign for a…
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