hooleydd
Nov 103 min read
A Dinner Party
I went to a dinner party last night with some friends. When my husband and I parked in front of their house, I noticed the barren...
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hooleydd
Mar 28, 20233 min read
Real Men Eat Real Food
My son, John is visiting this week, and several times my heart has thrilled to hear him utter four little words, “I’ll make dinner...
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hooleydd
Apr 16, 20223 min read
Celebrating Easter with a War Going On
Did you know Easter is the most important holiday on the church calendar in Ukraine? I found this interesting tidbit browsing through a...
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hooleydd
Jan 24, 20223 min read
Trail Talk in Arizona: The Recipe for Cactus Tacos and Good Human Beings
The trail to Wasson ridge in Tucson’s Saguaro National Park was pitiless. Sharp rocks and barbed cactus everywhere. But near the top, the...
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hooleydd
May 24, 20212 min read
What’s That About Lazy People and Free Money?
Watching him poke and pull at the hinges of our garage door I wondered whether he’d cashed his stimulus check yet—and what he did with...
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hooleydd
Apr 11, 20213 min read
Is It Time for a Train Trip?
For the uninitiated, train travel is wonderful. I began traveling by train years ago because I was afraid to fly. And, though my home is...
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hooleydd
Mar 13, 20212 min read
Fowl play: Judging Meghan and Woody
Humans have a lot in common with chickens, including an unreliable character. Even Shakespeare had something to say about our shared...
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hooleydd
Feb 28, 20213 min read
Getting to Know Each Other Again After Covid
Some people thrived this past year during the pandemic, barely noticing the lock-downs, shut-downs, and shout-downs between the maskers...
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hooleydd
Feb 14, 20213 min read
A Valentine to My Old Baptist Church
Even as a young girl I recognized Brother Griggs was trying to help his congregation find meaning in this life, and hope for a heavenly...
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hooleydd
Jan 17, 20213 min read
What We Don’t Know About Our Friends and Neighbors
Bea walked over to the table and picked up two large, clear plastic bags each containing a colorful quilt in them. “Look what I’ve been...
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hooleydd
Dec 21, 20203 min read
I don’t wanna live like this, but I don’t wanna die…
She’s on the front lines working as a nurse practitioner in the cardiology unit at our local hospital. I like her attitude. After...
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hooleydd
Dec 6, 20203 min read
Feeling Good this Christmas
“Do you know what’s in plum pudding?” Andrea, my daughter-in-law, asked me as she read the recipe from her cell phone. “Just a wild...
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hooleydd
Nov 6, 20203 min read
Bad Times and Hard Luck
Winter is coming and many of us are stuck indoors dodging the coronavirus. Sounds like a good time for an inside joke. Isolating is...
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hooleydd
Sep 27, 20202 min read
I’m Afraid of the Air…
Covid, according to the latest from the scientific community, won’t die down until next year some time. The summer wildfires in our...
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hooleydd
Sep 12, 20203 min read
The Old South Can’t Solve the New Covid
Recently, both the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama, unlike other colleges who’ve gone online, are dealing with...
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hooleydd
Aug 15, 20202 min read
A Wind that Blows Nobody Good
Ill winds have been part of my history—and as a matter of fact, greater Chicago too. I grew up not too far from the “windy city” in...
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hooleydd
Jul 19, 20203 min read
Science Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings
It was a family mystery I attempted to solve several years ago when I visited ninety-five year old Uncle Clay. Clay was the only one...
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hooleydd
Jul 6, 20203 min read
Corona Summer 2020
There’s an old jazz standard entitled “Summertime” and it’s most well-known and oft repeated line is: “Summertime…and the livin’ is...
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hooleydd
Jun 22, 20203 min read
A Way to Cope, a Way to Rest
People find all kinds of ways to cope during difficult times. The plague of coronavirus coupled with the anger and divisiveness that’s...
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hooleydd
Jun 6, 20203 min read
A Reckoning on Racism at a Resort
I was floating in the heated pool at the Sun Valley Lodge when I heard protesters in the parking lot shout, “Black lives matter!! Black...
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