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Looking at Life in Small Pieces

Category: Life

  • One of my favorite lines is “if you remember the 60’s (or 70’s) you weren’t really there.” Well it seems plenty of us were really there and are remembering the Armadillo World Headquarters, that venerable music venue in Austin, Texas which was THE place to hear live music from 1970 through the early 1980’s.

  • Finally in Minneapolis, Hubby, Maria, and I plan to drop off the cake at the reception venue. Driving around lost for an hour, Hubby is holding a 25 lb. cake in his lap all the while the warning bell is going off because he can’t buckle his seatbelt.

  • On the last few pages of his book, Tolme evaluated his trip: “…during this journey, I’ve learned that “awareness” as an existential concept just may exist. It has to do with one’s understanding of his or her place in the world.

  • Consider the word ‘love.’ Roll it around on your tongue like a piece of fine chocolate. Love is a ubiquitous human condition. Love permeates our entire existence from birth to death.

  • Christmas Eve, my husband and I drove from San Antonio, north to Mineral Wells to spend the holiday at the Double J Hacienda and Art Ranch. As we progressed on our journey, what started out as light rain, became sleet which quickly turned into snow.  George Curtis is credited with saying “The new year begins…

  • Whether you consider it fate, destiny, kismet or just plain luck, I venture to guess most of you recall where and when you first met your true love. Every day, as we drive down Broadway to work, my husband and I pass the place where we met—that derelict, graffiti-covered eyesore, once the home of Broadway…

  • When Henry Smith introduced me to Judy Garland, Bert Lahr and the Munchkins at his Texas Theater in downtown McGregor, it began a life-long love affair with the movies.

  • So, may the sun shine on you and enlighten your small thoughts.