Barbara J. Hamby

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Novels vs. Reality

Since I’ve read at least three novels in the last month, I’ve noticed that all of them, and most mystery stories, have gorgeous heroines and hunky heroes. Boring. Where’s the reality? You hear every day that obesity is epidemic in this country. All the movers and shakers, all the lovers, all the criminals, even, are not Barbie and Ken.

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March, 03rd, 2006

I Flunked Housekeeping 101

Alas, I did not R.T.M. (read the manual) before I used my new vacuum cleaner on my mattress. I used the wrong attachment and immediately wound about a dozen strings of nylon thread (pulled out of mattress stitching) around the brush. Al was kind enough to remove all the threads for me while I read the instructions and found the… click here to continue

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March, 02nd, 2006

A Two-Nap Day

Today was a two-nap day. Because I had a late morning nap, I was able to enjoy my early afternoon writing class. I took two “quirky” poems to share and they were very well received. Quirky is fun and not hard to write, if I happen to be in that sort of mood. One of the verses I wrote… click here to continue

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March, 01st, 2006

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