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The house had been empty when she climbed into the steamy shower to wash away the stress and exhaustion of the work week. He knew she had dinner plans with Ginny; it was a girls night out. And so Ari wasn’t surprised He had not yet arrived home from work. She expected He would make plans with friends or head to the gym for an end of the week workout. But now, as she pulled on a barely there shift of a dress, she did not need to look...

  “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” -John Fitzgerald Kennedy Related articles Remembering (poppystvincent.com) Remembrance Day . . . And Remembering A Personal Hero (findingsara.wordpress.com) “The Chimes of Freedom Flashing” for All Veterans Everywhere (devlinoneill.com) Lest We Forget (marqe.blogspot.com) She Who...

  As is quite frequently the case, I am late.  It is 2:30 in the afternoon and this post should have been up bright and early this morning.  Forgive my tardiness in wishing everyone a Happy Sixth Annual Love our Lurkers Day! Thanks to Bonnie over at Bottom Smarts for creating this very special day . . . a day to encourage all those readers who have been too shy to make their presence known, to go ahead and do so today. I hope this...

“I texted you.  When you did not respond, I called you . . . but you didn’t answer.  It took you more than two hours to finally get in touch with me.  By then it was three hours later than the time you said you would be home.  I was worried.” He said sternly. Her eyes narrowed and her chin jutted rebelliously. She hated having to excuse herself from time with her friends to touch base with Him.  She was a grown woman....

She is always mindful of appearances and decorum.  Her colleagues consider her the consummate professional.  She walks off the elevator into the suite of offices on the 36th floor each work day impeccably dressed, every hair in place and make-up perfectly applied.  When she is in the office, every word she speaks is chosen carefully and purposefully.  It is all a mask of sorts. At the end of the day, when she puts her key in the door,...

I have a fabulous new red coat for early Fall.  It is the kind of coat that a girl puts on and knows that she will stand out on a dreary day when the streets are lined with silhouettes in black and khaki and gray trench coats. It fits like it was made specially for me — and very few things bought off the rack do given that I am neither particularly tall, nor particularly curvy. I fear however, that my bottom may soon be spanked until...

When I read a quote or see a picture that makes me say to myself: “I must blog about that when I get the chance .  . . ,” I create a draft post and insert the quote or picture so I will remember to come back to it.  Going through my many drafts tonight to choose something to write about, I landed upon the following quote that I had tucked away on June 9th of this year.  It is a quote that many have probably heard or seen in...

  “In time, perhaps, we will mark the memory of September 11th in stone and metal, something we can show children, as yet unborn, to help them understand what happened on this minute and on this day. But for those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we’ll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day.” – George W. Bush       Where were you at...

Is anyone ever as amazed as I am at how differently Tops see things from the rest of us? For example . . . . . I have long hair, which I routinely consider cutting short — or at least shorter — and I then routinely reject the idea.  The reason I decide against cutting it is quite simple:  my pony tail. Ponytails are marvelous things.  Let’s say one wants to go for a run; so long as your hair is long enough for a...