When our three boys were little, they were fascinated with their grandmother's cigarette smoke. They stood and watched as the cloud swirled around her head. "What are you doing?" one of the boys asked. "I know! It's going to kill me!" Grandma said, gruffly. Her answer didn't dissuade the boys' interest. When she put the …
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I couldn’t sleep last night. What little sleep I got was interrupted by waking, feeling it was surely time to get up. I couldn’t sleep, not because it was Christmas Eve. Although, I remember many Christmas Eves sleep was impossible. I stared into the darkness, dreaming of all the presents I would open the next …
I have a nostalgic vein that I guess is pretty common. I thought it was just me, but I hear country song lyrics like, “I can’t wait to show you where I grew up...”, “I want to introduce you to my kin-folks, where I grew up”, “I Go Back” by Kenny Chesney, “The House that …
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Blog and Photos by Dale Parsons I followed the WordPress Discovery Prompts for 30 days. The last prompt was the word grateful. Rather than writing something serious, I chose to make it light and goofy. For example, saying I'm grateful my name isn't Sigmund. Sigmund isn't a bad name, I’m just grateful it’s not mine. …
In over forty-five years, we have owned several wonderful golden retrievers. I don’t know how a golden could be anything but wonderful. Copper was our first. Lady, the princess, was our second golden. We raised her from a pup, she helped us raise our triplet sons, had a litter of twelve puppies, and left us …
In ninety seconds we went from a family of three to a family of six. We knew we were going to have triplets six days before they were born. The due date was April 10. They were born ten weeks early by cesarean section. We had no idea what to expect. We were supposed to …
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We have actually moved to the small town where we live three separate times. No, I’m not joking. We purposely moved here three times. The picture on the left is beautiful. The old buildings in our little village don’t look anything like it. But it’s our town, and we love it. One of the things …
Let’s admit it. Coffee is not about the taste as much as it is about having a cup in your hand. Trips go better with a cup of coffee. And it doesn’t matter how long the trip is. If you have to be in the car and actually drive somewhere, then it’s coffee time. I …
After our golden retriever, Lady, left us it was some time before another dog found us. One summer afternoon, I played a terribly dirty trick on our little boys. I retrieved a new tent I placed on layaway and put it together in the back yard. I went inside where the boys were eating lunch …
Our lives would not be the same without the many dogs who shared our home. Each in his or her own special way brought happiness, love, laughter, and heartache. Lady was a beautiful golden retriever who claimed us as her own when she was just a pup, a few weeks old. (I realize the photo …
A Coffee State of Mind 