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Goodbye November, Hello December

Nov 30, 2014 By elinwaldal 9 Comments

Goodbye November, Hello December

Just in time for us to wave goodbye to November and say hello to December, there is a breeze outside that seems determined to chase the warm temperatures away. In the distance clouds have formed, the sight of them leave me hoping that the weather channels warning of a rainstorm this week, is real. The idea that winter […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo Nov 14, Writing Tagged With: Friendship, NaBloPoMo14, Writers, Writing

Music that Speaks a Truth

Nov 29, 2014 By elinwaldal 5 Comments

Music that Speaks a Truth

How often do you find you relate to the words of a song?  It seems to me that countless musicians have the uncanny ability of singing, what I think of as, some form of universal truth. Today I am really missing Jen Kehl’s, Twisted Mix Tape Tuesdays. TMTT was a blog hop where bloggers from all over […]

Filed Under: Music, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Honesty, Music, NaBloPoMo14, Realtionships, Truth

Potato Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Nov 28, 2014 By elinwaldal 15 Comments

Potato Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Yesterday I posted an essay called, Grandma’s Sweet Rolls, which really was more a story about Grandma than her rolls. Today I am giving you her potato cinnamon rolls recipe. Word of warning: this is not a recipe for calorie counters, health fanatics or sugar busters. Nor is it a recipe for individuals who possess zero […]

Filed Under: Living, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Baking, Cinnamon Rolls, Grandmother, NaBloPoMo14, Recipe, sweet rolls

Grandma’s Sweet Rolls

Nov 27, 2014 By elinwaldal 7 Comments

Grandma’s Sweet Rolls

Crouched down I retrieved the binder which is beyond bursting with recipes—some clipped from newspaper, some from magazines, while others were passed on. I knew what I was looking for when I flipped the tab marked “BREADS” to the side. Her long-hand penmanship came into view — Grandma’s Sweet Rolls — involuntarily I sat on […]

Filed Under: Memories, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Caregiving, cooking, End of Life Care, Grandma, Love, NaBloPoMo14, sweet rolls

1 Lie, 5 Truths

Nov 21, 2014 By elinwaldal 29 Comments

1 Lie, 5 Truths

Well that was fun. Running around visiting friends sites and guessing about their lies. And it was also fun to see friends pop up over here and guess about mine too. So — 1 Lie, 5 Truths — I bet you want to scan down and see if you were right or not. I get it. […]

Filed Under: Living, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Games, NaBloPoMo14

Spy the Lie

Nov 20, 2014 By elinwaldal 39 Comments

Spy the Lie

Last year during the month of November and the insanity that was NaBloPoMo several of us played the game, 5 Truths and 1 Lie. This is where the writer (me) posts 6 fun facts on my blog, then the reader (you) has to see if they can “spy the lie.” We (Lois and I) liked it […]

Filed Under: Living, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Games, NaBloPoMo14

It’s A Wonderful Life

Nov 18, 2014 By elinwaldal 25 Comments

It’s A Wonderful Life

One of my favorite holiday films is the timeless classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. In the opening scene people all over the bucolic town of Bedford Falls are praying. Their pleas to God are for the benefit of the well loved man, George Bailey. As the chorus of voices drifts upward they are replaced with the booming […]

Filed Under: Life Lessons, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Inspiration, life lessons, NaBloPoMo14, negative self-talk

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