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BLISSED OUT ON SUNSHINE

I love our new clothes line! After giving a lot of thought to what kind of line I wanted, I chose the Hills Hoist Rotary Clothesline because it was durable, pretty, can easily be taken down in bad weather and spins in the breeze.  I ordered it online from Breeze Dryer. When Bob and I […]

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Cookie's Bliss Family

THE HOME PLACE

Bob and I have been on the move all our lives and went into hyper-mobilization after we got together.  We’ve moved every fifteen months on average over the eighteen years since we threw in together. Like they sing in that song, wherever we hung our hats was our home.  Or rather, wherever we lay down […]

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Cookie's Bliss New Years's Resolutions

INSPIRATION

The last week of December is the week when I usually make my New Year’s Resolutions. But Bob and I are moving this week and are consumed with the endless chore of packing, cleaning, unpacking, sorting and shuffling our monstrous mountain of household goods. Today should be our last day in Camelina and tomorrow we’ll […]

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Cookie's Bliss Dear Nana

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NANA!

Dear Nana, Today is the 107th anniversary of your birth.  For as long as I can remember, you’ve been part of my life.  Thank you for all that you taught me while you were here.  Thank you for thirty-five years of unconditional love.  I think of you every day and often long for your counsel. […]

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WHITE WINE AND DARK CHOCOLATE

Another long day in a string of long days. It’s Saturday. I pour myself a second glass of white wine, head to the back of the trailer (ahem, Camelina) and pick up a piece of dark chocolate from the back bedroom. I put the glass on the bathroom sink, place the chocolate on my tongue […]