I’m a winner! Among other things.

We play Bingo in the rec room, once a week, here at the RV park. I won $44.00 this week! I was so excited, you’d have thought I won the lottery. (No, Cindra, I haven’t dyed my hair blue yet!)
I’m a winner in many other ways, as well. Not only do we have our families [...]

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My Gourds

                                                                                                                                                

I started by drawing a circle [...]

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the day that dad left

Last year, my sister, Caryl, and I dug out all the old family pictures we could find, to make our brother a photo album for his birthday. (There aren’t many pictures as Mom died four years after this picture was taken, and her belongings didn’t come with us).
Today I opened the pictures to [...]

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Thoughts on the Garden

I hadn’t read it in years, but ran across it the other day, and it’s still one of my favorites. I don’t know if that is because I like the way it is written, or whether it is because I like the fact that there was a time in my life when I hung on [...]

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The Mighty Wurlitzer

We went to Mesa, Arizona to see the largest Wurlitzer in the world. Originally built for the Denver theater in 1927, it was moved to Mesa, Arizona to be refurbished in 1975.
Pit orchestras and pianists first provided background music for stage shows and silent movies, and the theater organ has been described as part military [...]

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Prison Run

          (Sorry about the quality of the pictures. Don’t know what I did to the camera!)
Yesterday was the 24th Annual Florence Prison Run. Florence, Arizona is a unique, historical, little town – which has 8 prison facilities! There are state, federal, private, juvenile, immigration and DUI prisons. 
The townfolks say that [...]

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A Drive and a Treasure!

We took a drive into the mountains to see if we could find anything in bloom and to see the cactus. I enjoy seeing the different types of cacti in different areas. Where we are staying, we primarily see the barrel cactus, saguaros, chollas and prickly pear. When we drive to higher elevations, we [...]

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Not Bored Outta My Gourd

We went to the "Running of the Gourds", which is an annual gourd festival celebrated here in Southern Arizona. There were gourd artists, vendors, live music and entertainment. And there were even "mini gourdster" races!
I had seen gourds used as bird houses – and they basically just had a hole drilled into them and were [...]

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“Like Mother, Like Daughter”

I was just thinking about a call I got this morning from Cindra.  She called to say, "Mom, you didn’t call to tell me good luck with my root canal"!
THAT reminded me of one of her birthdays, when I didn’t call her until nearly 10:00 a.m. to sing happy birthday to her. I have [...]

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