A Glimpse...That Place
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Random thoughts, stories, life events of three different girlsen-us2016-02-10T03:29:56-05:00House Ghosts
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I am currently house-sitting for a family that had to quickly move to Vietnam. They decided to move for a job in the last two days of January and they left four days later. It has already been a week...Fae2016-02-10T03:29:56-05:00My Escape
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Last month, I briefly alluded to having faced challenges in my life the past few years. Besides Biblical counseling before I married in 2012, I also turned to crafts as a means to fill empty hours alone at home. After...Key2015-02-02T12:27:35-05:00It's Only A Passing Thing, This Shadow
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That's my resolution this year. Not as a hobbit lass, or a lady of Rohan, or even the redneck elf Keywen. As me. As Samwise Gamgee once said, “It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really...Key2015-01-07T10:45:59-05:00Failure
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Ever feel like nothing you do, or have done has gotten you anywhere? Like everything you've attempted was a dead-end? Since December 2012 when my steady job closed, I have started 8 different jobs and left 8 (including my seasonal...Fae2014-12-25T05:16:09-05:00Every So Often, Echoes are Heard
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For they may reverberate as they travel further and further from the point of origin, and grow fainter with each repetition... But those that listen and remember can sometimes still hear them. It goes without saying that by the time...Key2014-11-03T12:01:43-05:00Hmm, no echoes?
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Nope, nobody reads this. Unless you count spam. (which I don't) Kinda sad really. On my part I mean. I don't have the discipline to keep up with stuff. Meaning writing. I don't have the discipline to write consistently and...Fae2013-01-12T02:52:23-05:00Old Age
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I have a confession - I have a fear of growing old and old age. I don't know where this fear came from. It may be the fact that I fear the slow degeneration of the body. The gradual loss...Fae2012-09-24T12:37:42-05:00Is anyone reading this?
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I've been in Florida for three years now. Kept the blog pretty consistent 3 years ago at the specific request of my family and close friends who wanted to know how Disney was going for me. A year ago one...Fae2012-09-10T23:39:17-05:00There Should be Elves...
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At this point in their journey, Frodo, Sam, and Pippin fell in with a company of elves. I am trying to imagine what it must have been like, in the midst of fear still caused by the distant presence of...Key2011-09-27T14:31:28-05:00Moving in Dashes
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I must pardon my absence, but the rain in this country has been hindering me in my journey. I have been fortunate in that these great oaks have sheltered me through these past few days. Every time there has been...Key2011-09-26T14:23:19-05:00Rainy Days
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I find myself huddled in the shelter of an oak, waiting out the latest storm. My entry must be brief, for the damp is making my ink run. I took the right fork, away from Stock, and am on a...Key2011-09-22T14:17:05-05:00Mist in the Air
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It is much cooler today; the mist all around is leaving damp droplets in my hair and on my cloak. The fresh smell of the coming autumn is somewhat muted, but I love rain anyway, so I am not disappointed....Key2011-09-20T14:28:18-05:00Cloudy and Cooler Today
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As I pen this entry, I am sitting in the hollow where Sam and Pippin hid from the first Black Rider they ever witnessed. Wrapped in my new shawl, I can watch any passersby with relative ease as I eat...Key2011-09-19T14:32:17-05:00At a Roadside Market
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Finally, I have left the rolling road and can see across a river from here towards Woody End. On this side of the river a small market has sprung up. Calling the folk selling their wares here merchants is generous...they...Key2011-09-16T14:13:41-05:00Slower Going Today
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The sun has been very hot today, with little breeze to cool a weary traveler. I am still on a rolling path, and fervently hope that tomorrow will be the last day of this. I have heard news, however, that...Key2011-09-15T14:15:13-05:00