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Category Archives: Ozarks
When the Inner Child Bubbles
“After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.” –Anne Lamott, from the novel Joe Jones Yesterday morning I awoke to perfection. My eyes fluttered lazily in the pre-dawn moments … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Flowers, Gratitude, Ozarks, Photography, Simple Pleasures
Tagged flowers, inner child, middle age, photography, simple pleasures, waterfalls
7 Comments
Ghosts, Good Ol’ Boys and Chain Gangs: My Trip to Peppersauce Bottoms
It’s Sunday evening . . . late . . . and I’m sitting in my recliner in the darkened living room, once again battling against (and losing to) the insomnia demons. I am in a foul mood. Not only am … Continue reading
Posted in Ozarks, Photography, Simple Pleasures, Uncategorized
Tagged adventure, Arkansas, Calico Rock, ghosts, Norfork, Ozarks, Peppersauce Bottoms, photography, sight-seeing, spring break, Trimble Cabin
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A Peaceful, Easy Feeling
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” — Khalil Gibran When my sons were younger, my world revolved around them. I believed that all “good moms” put their … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Aging, Health, Ozarks, Parenting, Simple Pleasures, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, aging, bicycling, mental health, Ozarks, photography, simple pleasures
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This Place: Part II
When I first moved to this area, I was so discouraged by how different it was from where I had grown up that I failed to see what a wonderful place it actually was. Two years after that initial move, the Water Patrol decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Ozarks
Tagged Bull Shoals Lake, Gainesville High School, neighbors, Ozarks, students
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This Place: Part I
In June of 1981 my husband-to-be, who had just graduated from the Water Patrol Academy, was stationed on Bull Shoals Lake and was told to find a place to live in the Pontiac area. We were both from “swampeast” Missouri–Poplar Bluff, … Continue reading
