Pam-Anne on May 18th, 2009

Just found out my son and lovely daughter-in-law are going back to her “hometown” for the summer. Since they are both between jobs, it’s a good time for a visit with her family and since she is a swim instructor, she can pick up some income, too. They are planning on starting up an Asian-style [...]

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Pam-Anne on May 17th, 2009

I didn’t think I needed to write any more about John. I wrote 6 pages of tribute and delivered them in front of 150+ yesterday at a memorial celebration in his own backyard. But here I am, still thinking about him and his life and his untimely passing.
Death affects us in a myriad of ways. [...]

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Pam on April 15th, 2009

After years of maintaining my own MS Publisher-created website and two or three Blogger sites, I’m finally smart enough to consolidate them into one, new, fabulous Word Press site! Look for exciting (well, to me) changes in the coming weeks as I learn about this great new (well, to me) environment!
(Don’t you just love this [...]

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Pam on April 1st, 2009

by Pam Ripling
It’s taken me awhile to get a round tuit, but I’ve been wanting to comment on the recent go-round of forwarded emails describing a planned gang initiation that was to take place a local big box store. Three females, the message read, would be murdered at the site, and recipients of the email [...]

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Pam on February 27th, 2009

by Pam Ripling
Doom and gloom. It’s everywhere. I can see the physical manifestations in the faces of the people I meet, hear it in the voices of friends over the phone. Negativity is one of those infectious diseases for which there is no antibiotic. It’s self-perpetuating, and in humans it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. [...]

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Pam on February 20th, 2009

by Pam Ripling
If you think there’s an error in the title, you might be right under most instances. However, in my case, my chiropractor’s little pun elicited only a groan from me, especially since my back had been aching all day. So, naturally, the doc was glad to see my back, because it means business [...]

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