Perspective~

Overheard by my mother when Julie and I were around 3 or 4.
Julie:  (Tauntingly) Your ears stick out!  You have stickey out ears!!!
Me:  (Apparently tired of whaterver was going on)  Well at least I doing have itty bitty tiny ones like YOU!
 Julie:  AAAAAUNTTT CAAAAROOOLLEEE…. Chautona’s makin’ fun of meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
 Who knew?  

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The Tantrum~

I get a horrified feeling akin to panic when I imagine throwing a temper tantrum around my parents.  It simply wasn’t allowed.  I don’t know if I ever threw a “regular” one but I do know that I managed to do a nice subtle one, once when I was five, and got away with it.  [...]

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Utah Carol~

And now my friends you’ve asked me what makes me sad and still
And why my brow is darkened like the clouds upon the hill
Run in your ponies closer and I’ll tell to you my tale
Of Utah Carol my partner and his last ride on the trail
We rode the range together and rode it side by [...]

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The Foods of Our Lives~

I’ve been thinking about food and childhood.  It started with the thought of saltines with butter on them.  I hadn’t thought of those in over twenty to thirty years!  It got me thinking of other foods and well…

Butter and saltines-  the ultimate childhood snack.
Spinach with vinegar on it.  I don’t remember when I realized I [...]

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