WELCOME BACK - NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Hello Friends!

It was a good number of years ago when I first started this page about my life and ponderings. On this rainy November day, I decided it would be a great time to update. Four years ago, I was traveling from Temple, Texas to LaPorte, Indiana.

It was the first days of my retirement from the Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum. Traveling cross country with my yellow lab, Gracie and her four cat siblings was a true adventure. Her siblings at the time: Jezze, Belle, Lizzie Jane and Charlie.

My friend, Mark Mathew was on loan from his wife and drove the 16-foot U-Haul truck, loaded with my worldly belongings. My car was loaded with all the last-minute items and things we might need for overnight stays on the trek home.

>More about the trip in future posts<

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This was my very first entry on my page in 2008?

Welcome to my first Blog on this site!

Blogging (talking) is something I LOVE to do! just ask my friends.

I'm certain there are times that they just wish I would 'shut-up',

but it seems I have lots of thoughts in my head and they just seem to tumble out of me.

I'm a curious person (does it REALLY kill the cat?)

and that is how I found this blogging venue.

I actually began by looking for photos of elderly people's hands,

and that lead to photos,

and that--in turn--led to more connecting pages for crafts, scrapbooking, etc.

Then I found a wonderful page and wanted to leave a note,

but couldn't do that until I created THIS site.

So here I am!

WELCOME...and I hope to have interesting things to say.

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