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Category Archives: Personal

When Book Lover’s Cry

June 10, 2017by Portraits of M.E. 4 Comments

Today as I was changing out the empty soap bottle in my bathroom for a new one, I discovered one of the soap bottles in the pantry had spilled. As […]

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Books, Life, Personal, Random Thought, Star Trek

Why a Thumb is Important

March 19, 2016by Portraits of M.E. 4 Comments

Sorry book readers, I have a personal post today. It’s about swollen, sore fingers and the troubles they cause. For the past month and a half I have dealt with […]

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Life, Personal, Random Thought, Reflections

Who Likes to Color?

March 9, 2016by Portraits of M.E. Leave a comment

This weekend I finally made it to the store; my goal was to buy some crayons or markers. No, I wasn’t buying a gift for a kid’s birthday party…I was buying them for me! Last month my sister gave me a coloring journal for my birthday called “Coffee Time – Quiet Time Journal”.

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Books, Coloring, Journal, Life, Personal

Using Technology to Order Coffee

March 4, 2016by Portraits of M.E. Leave a comment

I just updated my Starbucks app and now I can order drinks using my mobile phone! I know, late bloomer. Today when I walked to the Starbucks next to my […]

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Coffee, Life, Personal

The Great Flood of 1969

December 9, 2015by Portraits of M.E. Leave a comment

Has anyone heard of El Nino? They say it’s supposed to hit California pretty hard, but the weather here has been consistently in the 70’s and 80’s with blue skies […]

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Article, Life, Life Events, Personal

Writing Letters

August 9, 2015by Portraits of M.E. 3 Comments

Being a writer, it would seem that writing letters to people would come naturally.  The urge to put physical pen to paper would be a motivator to write a letter […]

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Letter Writing, Life Events, Personal, World Vision

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