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Here they come; catch ‘em, y’all!
Here on the Gulf Coast in Mississippi, just an hour and 15 minutes east of the French Quarter of New Orleans, Mardi Gras fever is rising to a high pitch, as Fat Tuesday draws to within 4 days.
Long Beach High School band leads the local Mardi Gras Parade.
Mardi Gras colors [...]
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It is with great sadness that I write to you tonight.
Blond Girl, my bride of more than forty years, and I, are mourning the loss of our beautiful White Persian kitty of so many years, Alyssa, who went to heaven a little while ago.
Alyssa loved to curl up in baskets, of any size, any where, [...]
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It’s February!
And it is 70+ degrees outside!
And on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (and the entire Gulf Coast), that means it’s MARDI GRAS PARADE time!
An Orange Grove Mardi Gras float Saturday afternoon.
Time to get out on the Parade route, hold up your hands high, and shout: “Throw me some beads, Mister!”
“Throw me some beads, Mister!”
Several weeks [...]
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Sometimes, when you are traveling along up the highway, hoping for a safe, uneventful journey, on a long trip home after a very hard, but satisfying week, the unexpected has a way of finding you, whether you want it to, or not.
Yesterday afternoon, after being in my trailer, sick for nearly a week, it was [...]
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Those of you who have been reading me for some time, might remember my post from last June 25th, “Please Say A Prayer For Steve,” advising of the life-threatening, medical challenges that my nephew, Steve, was undergoing at a Madison, Wisconsin hospital.
Lisa and Steve on their Wedding Day in October 2007.
Well, after seven long, stress-filled, [...]
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