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Carol

  • What’s that Smell?

    The smell was so bad he was embarrassed to take friends to lunch. My husband drove a burgundy Saturn in the early days of our marriage. And it stunk. For a male, a little…

    Jul 28
  • Firm Foundation

    Hours of hard work and skill were destroyed with one simple element – water. Within minutes it was over. Men and women fanned out on the beach and watched as the waves swept over…

    Jul 21
  • Into the Sunset

    I painted over my son’s boyhood. With a dip and a roll, I watched with detached sorrow – as if I wasn’t the one doing it – and covered his childish fantasy with a…

    Jul 15
  • Never Let You Down

    “I’m not a crook.” Richard Nixon’s infamous words to the Associated Press in November 1973 were simply stated, but untrue. One of the most famous break-ins in history was pinned on the nation’s top…

    Jul 7
  • The Power of a Conjunction

    Have you ever thought about the power of the conjunction? A conjunction connects words, phrases, or clauses.It builds bridges between words, pathways linking words that may have otherwise never been united.One of my favorite…

    Jun 30