Monthly Archive: April 2010

my violin gets a tune-up

I asked my kids’ violin instructor if I could have a lesson because “something is wrong.” She played my violin for a bit and agreed that something was wrong but couldn’t identify what.  The violin needed love.  She told me…
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a writer gets needled

While at the writing conference this Saturday, I sporadically pulled out my knitting. Between classes or waiting for pitch sessions, the needles and the yarn were a calming influence. Plus, knitting told me something about myself that I did not…
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A littler marathon

The torch is yet again passing through the ranks. Now it is Kiddo#4 who has learned to put the money in the church collection basket. Just about every family that attends our church has the children put their offering in…
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