Barbara J. HambyAuthor & Poet |
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Do You RememberIt’s a new experience for me to belong to an organization where the majority of the members are old enough to have memory problems. The pro tem secretary of our T.O.P.S. chapter couldn’t remember who had been the best loser at last week’s meeting and she wanted to include that in the minutes, so she called me this morning. I… click here to continue October, 31st, 2009 What’s NewI’m finally accumulating a few new articles of clothing that fit fairly well. Unfortunately, due to the fact that I’ve shrunk an inch and a half and because most pants now are hemmed for those who wear four-inch heels or higher, I can’t seem to get pants the right length. Petite is too short, and regular too long. The nice… click here to continue October, 28th, 2009 Monday Morning MeetingAny Monday that starts with a meeting can’t be good. Add heavy rainfall and you have the making of a dismal day. The only good part is that the meeting was next door, so I put up my new transparent plastic umbrella and walked over to the Clubhouse. When I moved to King City, I decided to rent, to eliminate… click here to continue October, 26th, 2009 Deja Vu All Over AgainI found the account I wrote of the trip to Ireland in October 1998—twenty double-space pages culled from the journal I kept while traveling. Reading through it was almost as much fun as being there in the first place. Ireland was the last barbecue I assisted with shortly before the end of the relationship with the barbecue champion. Approximately four… click here to continue October, 24th, 2009 HolidaysThe writing class I attend is for people who are writing life stories, memoirs, or autobiographies. With Halloween approaching, we talked at our last session about holidays and how memorable many of them are. We brainstormed about Halloween events we remember and I recalled one particular one from my childhood. I think I was eleven. We had moved from… click here to continue October, 22nd, 2009 Deja VuCBS World News tonight did a very short segment on the Matchmaking Festival in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland. Even though I was dozing before dinner, it caught my attention. In 1998 I was at that festival and danced at the Matchmaker Pub. I’m not sure that’s where they taped the segment; the pub looked roomier than when I was there. However, it… click here to continue October, 20th, 2009 Diversion ExcursionFriday afternoon I drove to the coast, specifically to Wheeler, Oregon on Nehalem Bay, where I spent the night. Saturday morning I went to Manzanita for a writers’ workshop. The presenter was the same woman who held the workshop I went to in June. The format was pretty much the same also, but the four other participants were all different… click here to continue October, 18th, 2009 |