I woke up this morning completely preoccupied by things that I wish I didn’t have to think about. Even my morning cup of coffee didn’t help. Reading about Daisy the cow changed my attitude. Sometimes I really miss Oklahoma. Ree Drummond of The Pioneer Woman can bring it all home to me in a couple [...]

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Zero. Zip. Nada. I already know what’s for dinner. The house is clean. I guess that means it’s a day in the back room organizing computer cords and craft supplies. I’m hoping to get the kids’ baby memorabilia sorted, too. My sad news for the day (ok, not really, but life is pretty good if [...]

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My mother has been suggesting for the last few years that I need to write a family history. Like any good daughter, I’ve resisted. Today while I was chatting with a girlfriend, I came up with the first sentence. That was the title of this post. Oh, my family’s history is appropriately colorful. There’s the [...]

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This came up at book club last night, and I thought it was worthy of discussion. Have you ever noticed the number of black drivers you see stopped by Brookfield police out paces the number of white? One of the gals coined it DWB – driving while black. I know I have. I may have [...]

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