Valarie Budayr
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The Art of Coffee
Greetings friends. Sorry to leave you for a few days without a blog-post. I'm in Sweden ,and the last four days have been a whirlwind. Aside from some serious jet lag, I've been spending most of my time catching up… Continue reading
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Out The Door
Everything is ready. Suitcase packed (check), other suitcase packed with gifts (check),camera case packed (check), briefcase packed with work,books,ipod and other things (check). So the question is…am I leaving or am I moving? So I'm not a light traveller but… Continue reading
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In Preparation of…….
~ To discover new oceans you need to lose sight of the shore.~ Teilhard de Chenin ok……. but before I do that I have a million things on my list to accomplish before I go. Where am I going? It's… Continue reading
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Fetch and Build
From my desk I hear closet doors opening, heavy grunting, things being hurdled down the stairs. From outside I hear one young voice yell,"We need sticks!" ……I hear feet racing through the hallway, my office door jiggles, and… Continue reading
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An Apple and a Strudel and Away we go
It is so much cooler today. It's raining and as I was walking this morning I noticed that there are many apples on the trees. This reflection gave rise to a "flashback" moment, not unlike "grasshopper" in the TV series… Continue reading
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Evening Song
Well I almost missed it. Last week had been a very difficult week with a very sick Mimi. Days seemed to be filled with a million things to do all calling me away from the task at hand. The weekend… Continue reading
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Bending the Rules
I had heard mention over at "The Angry Chicken" that Amy Karol's new book was out. As we were making our weekly trip to the library I saw it sitting there in the new book section. I immediately grabbed it… Continue reading
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Happy Tasha Tudor Day
Today is the day we remember Tasha Tudor. For the last couple of years those of us who have loved and admired her have taken on the tradition of celebrating her life by creating a "Tasha Tudor" moment. Though many have enjoyed the… Continue reading
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Sail Away Kids
Remember when you were small and you had a dream of what you might want to be, like an astronaut, fireman or woman, work a cash register, whale trainer etc ? Well over the summer I had the pleasure of… Continue reading
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Swine Flu ?
A phone call came in from the high school nurse at 9:30 A.M. " I have Mimi here with a very sore throat,and body aches. I need you to pick her up". Upon my arrival at school, another "nurse"… Continue reading
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