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I met with Mars Hill University’s newest major gift officer a couple weeks ago. We were “welcomed to Moe’s!” and then hit it off by instantly naming places we loved in Asheville. He’s from the Bay area and is loving his new mountain home near Mars Hill. I mentioned that I was looking for workContinue reading “outfitters.”

The time I’ve been able to spend with my grandparents lately has been priceless. Not many grandkids at the age of 28 get this gift of being at home (without a full time job) with time to take walks, bird watch, grocery shop, and read with sweet grandparents. And I know each of my cousinsContinue reading “blt day.”

Dad, Grandpa, and I walked to the clubhouse where my grandparents live to find large print books. They help you see the words more clearly, and they also make you turn the pages a lot quicker. Once we got home, I told my grandpa about a new book I picked out at the library. Me:Continue reading “wednesday with grandpa.”

I was in the Little Ladies Club in fourth grade with a fellow petite gal, Danielle. We’ve grown in years, though not in inches, and she now manages an Irish restaurant in Clearwater. O’Keefe’s puts on a big St. Patrick’s Day festival and Danielle pleaded for extra helpers on Facebook. Because I heard the moneyContinue reading “guinnessi.”

“Can I be blunt with you, precious?” “Sure, Grandpa.” “You need to find a man with some resources,” he said, looking off to the left. “That’d be nice, Grandpa. Maybe one of these days I’ll meet someone and it’ll just click.” “That’s right. It’ll click like it did with me and your grandma. But precious,Continue reading “tuesday with grandpa.”

Brother John got a dog in 2007 that dug her way into our hearts very quickly. Kendall is part black lab, part chow and she’s a whole lot of wonderful. Brother Greg is allergic to dogs so we didn’t have one growing up and we’ve all maybe been a little surprised by how much weContinue reading “the nameless pup.”

I told Grandpa my plan about Italy and he said, “Oh, I really enjoyed my time in Italy. It was a short time. But it was beautiful. There’s one problem with Italy though.” “What’s the problem?” I asked. “It’s full of Italians. And precious, I bet you’ll find this to be the case, too.”

A horoscope writer holds a lot of power. New relationships. Newly ended relationships. New jobs. Newly quit jobs. Even when the reader might not fully believe in astrology, horoscopes inspire or sometimes confirm what we want to hear and give us a reason to go through with something we might not have done before. TheContinue reading “freewill astrology.”

There’s really not much better than watching your twin get married to a bride that makes him impossibly happy. What a joy to walk down the aisle to stand near him while smiling at family and friends scattered about the pews of the same church our parents got married in. Katie looked like she walkedContinue reading “glowing groom.”