Pausing for Pregnancy

Thanks to everybody who has been visiting and commenting. This pregnancy is wearing me out, especially as I try to get the house in order for selling. I feel so foggy and exhausted most days that I feel I have little of interest to say. I think I will take a blog [...]

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Courage

Antique Mommy and I have been having a discussion by email about bravery, and she suggested we post about it. Here is hers. Our discussion began when she posted about a time she was uncertain whether to intervene on behalf of a stranger, and then regretted that she did not.
I understand [...]

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Everybody Has an Opinion

This morning I went to the doctor’s office for my regular prenatal check-up. It was a good visit. I barely had to wait at all, and I got the good nurse, an effusive older woman who calls every patient “Baby” and acts delighted with her job.
In the examining room, Good Nurse [...]

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Word Meme

Beck tagged me for this word meme. I am supposed to create personal definitions for these words or what they make me think of.
Callipygian - My newest epithet for Az the Husband. I got past my wedding jitters by focusing on the pulchritude of Az the Callipygian.
Cholera - I would like to tell [...]

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Onion Pie

For the last two weeks my pregnant digestion has been longing for onion pie. The savory-sweetness of it, the flakiness of the crust, the baking aroma filling my kitchen — all of it has been filling my imagination the way only the cravings of pregnancy can. But it ain’t easy to cook anything [...]

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