Make a wish! And Don't forget to count the candles Now we celebrate with cheers! Raise your glass to another year Raise your glass, it's time to have some fun, Happy Birthday! Yellow cake for another trip around the sun, because it's your birthday!
Make the birthday person feel special, they survived another trip around the sun. We all know that one person. Time for life alert. Got a birthday card from the funeral home. I’m not impressed. They only want me for my body. To the coolest old lady I know, happy b-day! You got ...
So here we are again, another cancerversary, another trip around the sun. This one is a biggie, too: five years. When cancer stats talk about rates of long-term survival, they typically are talking about people who live beyond five years. It’s thought that after that point, your risk ...
My little Blackie Chan decided it was his duty to be my faithful walking companion. Rosa Parks wandered aimlessly around on our walks, coming back to me only to request a treat. Darla loped ahead, snuffling through the tall grasses to check for any danger. Blackie Chan stayed right by my...
. In our excitement, we lost her water bowl at the first rest-stop on the trip home, the sound of I-95 roaring past. The next morning, back in Chapel Hill, we introduced Stella to our daughter, Sarah. *** Stella was obtained as a gift to Sarah, in fulfillment of a promise, name...
Today we took a 8 mile trip upCraycroft Roadto Sunrise Drive, took a left turn and went another 4 miles, or so, then found a parking spot near the front door of theFirebirds Woodfire Grill. We had a date with Patty and Gene for lunch and had to be there by 1230. We got there...
One caveat: Threaded through our trip was a feeling of profound sadness at the loss of these extraordinary places to the Native peoples who called this area (indeed all of North America) home, and considered many of them sacred, before 1492. I don’t have the knowledge or cultural currency...
Annual trip to Paul Bunyan My parents were nice enough to help us make the move to Georgia. Mom and Dad traveled with the dogs (bless their hearts) and we had the Acadia packed with all our “essential belongings”. We decided to make the WHOLE drive, I think it was a total of 14...
My birthday wish November 25, 2024/12 Comments Today is my birthday and while I’m not celebrating with a solo camping trip as I didtwo years ago, I am heading out to be near water. Zippy’s packing lunch for us now and then we’re going to Clear Creek to sit in the sun as we...
One of these breakthroughs involved revisiting a childhood memory of traveling with my family. Here’s the scene: I’m the eldest of four and we are all crammed into our big wood-paneled station wagon on a long trip. Trapped for countless hours, uncertain of where we are headed, and tire...