Barbara J. Hamby

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WRITER or writer

I have called myself a writer ever since a writing workshop about fifteen years ago when the instructor informed us, “If you write, you’re a writer.” Today I read a newspaper article about Ursula LeGuin, who at my age, has written fifty books. Clearly, we are not in the same category. I’ll call the difference, writer (me)—WRITER (Ms. LeGuin).We have… click here to continue

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February, 28th, 2010

The Neighborhood

Before I moved into this apartment more than three years ago, I hadn’t lived in a rental unit for many years. Most of the apartments in this complex are arranged in a traditional way with hallways joining them together. I assume the occupants run into each other coming and going and get fairly well acquainted.

Our unit is part of… click here to continue

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February, 26th, 2010

Appreciation

I’ve noticed that my appreciation of certain experiences has been heightened by either losing them temporarily, or nearly losing them permanently.

Several years ago, after a bleeding ulcer slowed me down, I gave up drinking coffee and other caffeinated beverages. Recently, I began drinking one cup of coffee a day and I truly enjoy each swallow. I know that in… click here to continue

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February, 23rd, 2010

That Was Then

As I was folding laundry tonight and watching Jeopardy, I thought about how much I hated doing laundry years ago when I was overworked and under-rested. Now it seems like a breeze to fold clothes and watch television. Back in the working years, raising a family, there were always baskets of dirty laundry, baskets of clean wrinkled laundry, and possibly… click here to continue

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February, 22nd, 2010

A Sign of the Times

Driving out Highway 26 today, I spotted a sign that read “Your tax dollars at work. Completion Summer 2009.” It was just ahead of another sign that read, “Construction Zone, Fines Double,” or some such wordage.

It seems odd that an estimated completion date should be publicized, when it could be an embarrassment later on.

I remember a few… click here to continue

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February, 20th, 2010

Faux Spring

We are having a fabulous fake spring with 60-degree sunny weather today.  I actually had to water flowers on the deck. Our cold winter weather was for such a short period so long ago, I’ve almost forgotten it.

After a good showing last week, with many losers, our T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group didn’t do so well today. Almost… click here to continue

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February, 18th, 2010

Brrr!

I just read about a couple who have chosen to live without central heat in a very cold part of the country. They do provide heating pads for guests to sit on and use electric blankets in cold bedrooms. He writes a blog about their experiment that you can access from the following address:

http://coldhousejournal.com/

If all our winters… click here to continue

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February, 16th, 2010

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