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What Does Nostalgia Taste Like?

We all had our favorite candy as kids, but the thing about growing-up is not everything sticks around as long as we do, including our favorite sweets. I guess that’s why they … Continue reading

June 16, 2014 · Leave a comment

Pictures of the Past for a Throwback Thursday

I stumbled across a couple of old pictures on [one of] my brother’s and [one of] my cousin’s social media pages. Since it is, “Throwback Thursday”, I may as well … Continue reading

February 20, 2014 · Leave a comment

A Really Weird Birthday Party

When I was nearly 17-years-old, I moved from my Dad’s in CA back to my Mom’s place. She had just relocated from Colorado to Arizona and was managing a restaurant … Continue reading

February 8, 2014 · 6 Comments

OMG We DID It! Like For Real!

“Six Degrees of Separation” my ass! How about one or two? …Oooh wait! Can I say that? Oh well, this is one of those times that warrants an expletive so, … Continue reading

November 23, 2013 · 15 Comments

Help Me Find My Friend?

Do you agree with the “Six Degrees of Separation” theory? If so, I’d like to try something. Will you help me? It’s easy. I would like to make this post go … Continue reading

November 22, 2013 · 32 Comments

One Ugly Summer Night

We were supposed to go play tennis. I don’t even play tennis, but she had insisted and had made a big deal out of “making time” to play tennis with … Continue reading

November 21, 2013 · 60 Comments

The Living Dead

There isn’t a day that goes by where I am not somehow reminded of someone who has walked before me. These people may be family members or friends that have … Continue reading

November 13, 2013 · 18 Comments

Granny’s Homemade Bread

There are some childhood memories I will happily carry with me ’til the day I die. As a child, my favorite times were those spent in the kitchen cooking with … Continue reading

November 8, 2013 · 18 Comments

Name That Loon

Would you know how to say my name if you have never heard it and only seen it spelled-out on paper or a screen? Today’s “DailyPrompt” asks, “Do you know … Continue reading

September 2, 2013 · 10 Comments

Goodbye Colorado

I grew-up mostly in Colorado. My parents divorced before I was five and my Mom’s family was in Colorado so that was home to her after the divorce. The “Rockies” … Continue reading

August 12, 2013 · 5 Comments

5 Boys That Stole My Childhood Heart

As a child I had my fair share of crushes, some so over the top I could hardly breathe just thinking about the boy of the moment. Once puberty hit … Continue reading

March 19, 2013 · 9 Comments