Category: Grand Meetup
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Fireworks
I do love glitter, and when glitter bursts from the sky on a warm night, it’s just downright amazing. It never gets old. Chris and I enjoyed greeting friends and watching The Barry Brothers during the street dance this weekend then we strolled to the Little League field where we listened as children oohed, aaahhhd…
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2015 Keshequa Prom at Swain
My son attends a virtual high school so he’s not part of the general high school flow. But he just got a chance to go to a prom anyway. Thanks Christina! Not only did he get to go, but he got to attend with a truly wonderful young woman who is a fabulous ski instructor.…
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A Favorite Meal
I’m altering the rules on this Writing 101 assignment. First of all, it’s the assignment from several days ago. Yes, I fell behind. I’m okay with that and hope you are, too. Anyway… Today’s Prompt: Tell us something about your favorite childhood meal — the one that was always a treat, that meant “celebration,” or…
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Spring Preparation
A happy tradition in the household as the last remnants of snow start melting away. When we moved to this house years ago, we set up our trampoline. The boys were quite young, and I remember telling them they could not jump out of our second-story window onto the trampoline unless there was a fire.…
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My Buddy – Who Was – Yet Still Is
Write about a loss: something (or someone) that was part of your life, and isn’t any more. Well, he’s still part of my life, just not in a physical sense. I make my living using technology, and one of my greatest teachers/supporters/technological playmates was a quadriplegic named Buddy. Buddy went to school with my sister,…
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Larry Boy Greets my Boys
The other day I woke up with a VeggieTales song stuck in my head. Since my kids are 15+, this is not a common event anymore. It was a great way to wake up, though, and reminded me of one of my favorite interviews. Years ago I interviewed Mike Nawrocki (VeggieTales co-creator and voice of…
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Coming Home on a Day Off
Today was a day off work for me. We homeschool Hudi, and Zeb had a day off college, so we decided to use the reciprocal we got with our Swain season pass to go to Holiday Valley. It was a beautiful day. Hardly a cloud in the sky and 34 degrees when we left (we…
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Super Saturday on the Slopes
It was Winter Carnival Day at Swain, and the conditions couldn’t have been better. Kids were doing egg hunts in the snow, there was a goofy costume parade down the slopes, a pie eating contest, and downhill dummy races. So fun!!! But even better than that was the time spent with friends. It was the…