Sighing
Some of us do this thing when life is hard and there’s nothing we can do about it. For whatever it’s worth, I, Pat Durmon and retired...
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Jan 14, 2019
Shock Can Last for Days
It’s late evening when I hear about a high school classmate’s death. I learn via an email. My reaction is Whaaaat? Thinking I’ve misread...
Dec 31, 2018
Climbing Upward
On my way to town, I drive past houses where smoke from chimneys curls upward. It’s comforting to watch the updraft. I suddenly recall...
Dec 10, 2018
Lee’s Heart
4:00 p.m. It’s Friday, December 7th. I’m on time at Curious Craftsman, a shop in Norfork, Arkansas, ready to sign books for four hours....
Dec 3, 2018
Heavy Wind
Saturday morning. Skies are clear. An hour after awakening, my husband shows me the two tall pines we lost in the night. One lays toppled...
Oct 8, 2018
Wisdom I’ve Borrowed from Friends
I have been highly blessed to have known wise women during my lifetime. What a difference they have made. Sometimes they appeared one at...
Oct 1, 2018
Some Days Feel Not Okay
In the warp and woof of daily living, no one is perfect. No one is doing it just right all the time. You know that, right? Life can be...
Sep 24, 2018
If You Died First, What Would You Want Me to Do?
Jimmy, my husband, actually posed this question in the truck. I laughed and changed the topic. I could not deal with it at the time....
Sep 17, 2018
Hurricane Florence
I’ve written two blogs this week. Actually, I’ve been trying to not write this one. But it kept tugging at me like a little kid, wanting...
Sep 10, 2018
Strange Things
Hard to label it. People are leaving. A friend’s son died, a friend’s husband died, a friend is moving away. It is the normal cycle, but...
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