Barbara J. Hamby

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Family Stories

Family gatherings that are most common around holidays are great places to swap family stories. As the sole surviving parent of a middle-aged sister and brother, hearing some of their scary tales for the first time, I am sometimes amazed that they survived to adulthood. I’m sure they wouldn’t have perished at my hand had I known these stories earlier,… click here to continue

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November, 30th, 2009

A Thankful Weekend

This has turned into a really great Thanksgiving weekend. Our weather has been wonderful. We were able to enjoy a marvelous dinner with most of Floyd’s family on Thursday. We hope that the couple suffering from the flu, who weren’t able to join us, are recovering now.

We’re expecting a fun group for dinner here tomorrow—my daughter and son, with… click here to continue

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November, 28th, 2009

Thanks

Breathes there the person with soul so dead
who actually sat down and read
all of the ads in the Thanksgiving newspaper?

I recycled 90% of them. We just don’t need more things. I kept the grocery ads.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, it’s occurred to me how thankful I should be to the person who invented the… click here to continue

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November, 26th, 2009

Holiday Trepidation

I’m looking forward to two really fun days this week. Thursday we’ll have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with four of Floyd’s five children and their families. Sunday, my two children, their spouses and my cousin and his wife will join us here for a non-turkey dinner. I know we’ll have a great time.

My only concern is that this year… click here to continue

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November, 24th, 2009

Talk to Your Doctor

Having just watched the 60 Minutes story about the high cost of dying, I’ll be interested to see if it raises a lot of comment. There is already a good deal of controversy out there over health care reform and a lot of misinformation being bandied about. “They’re going to pull the plug on Grandma,” for example. Well, I’m not… click here to continue

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November, 22nd, 2009

Driving Privileges

Toward the end of the instruction given by the A.A.R.P. volunteer for senior drivers, the delicate subject of when to retire your driving privileges was broached. Odd how much more sensitive the issue seems when you’re in the affected age bracket. The instructor suggested that, if you have any doubt about your abilities, you go to the Department of Motor… click here to continue

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November, 20th, 2009

Word Origins

I just read that Face Book users have created a new verb that will be officially recognized as “new word of the year” by someone or other. The word is “unfriend.” Not a very welcoming word, what? Between all the new social networks, texting and tweeting, etc., I’m sure there will be dozens, if not hundreds, of new words cropping… click here to continue

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November, 18th, 2009

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