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M. Virginia Southworth
Jan 24
Inspired by Our Youth
Earlier in the week, I waited on a group of teenage girls who were a bowling team. They came to the Olive Garden to celebrate their...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Dec 10, 2024
Feeding the What?
In the morning, if I open the door to to get one thing or another, the crows caw. They are calling for me. They are looking for their...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Dec 6, 2024
I Will Rise
This is what I experienced at Yuri's Celebration of Life.
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M. Virginia Southworth
Dec 4, 2024
Laying Yuri to Rest
My friend from Belarusia sent me a message over the weekend. She was reluctant to tell me the very sad news that her brother had died. ...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Dec 3, 2024
Setting the Table
How beautiful it is this morning to look out the window and see the fresh falling snow. It falls in slow motion. I put on the Scottish...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Aug 9, 2024
Maybe I Am Corny...
My teenage son James and his uncle have planted corn this past Spring. Now they have corn for sale on the stand just down the road. This...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 20, 2024
Got Ice?
Woke up to a brisk minus two degrees Fahrenheit this morning. My husband Jim joked that I had to go to Iceland to get warm. The...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 8, 2024
Friends Who Edify
My teenage son has some friends whose families have emigrated from Russia. They are from large Christian families. One fellow's mother...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 8, 2024
No Sense of Entitlement
I did my usual shift at the restaurant attempting to remove all the dirty dishes from my tables. I could not get to all of them. Tyler,...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 6, 2024
My Favorite Hat
As a hat aficionado, I have quite a number and variety of hats. I especially love woolen hats and Irish tweed hats. Whenever I travel,...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 4, 2024
The Olympic Torch of Bridgewater
While driving down Mapledale Road I passed the Curtin's dairy barn. There, right after it, I noticed a fire mid-air in the sky. I...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 4, 2024
Let Them Rest
This summer, my friend Sharon told me how she went to the Sacrament of Confession or Reconciliation, and the priest fell asleep hearing...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 1, 2024
The "Triduum of Fire" and My Tree Must Come Down
Call me old-fashioned, call me traditional, or even call me the late M. Virginia LaPointe Southworth, but my Christmas tree is still up....
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M. Virginia Southworth
Jan 17, 2024
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M. Virginia Southworth
Jan 16, 2024
It Is Snowing Out
Yesterday I was lazy. It was 4 degrees Fahrenheit when I got up. I sat in my robe by the wood stove sipping my coffee. I grabbed my...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Jan 14, 2024
When God Spares You
I bumped into Krissy Martin at the Post Office this week. She came over to me visibly shaken. She began to express her concern for my...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Jan 1, 2024
What's in a Potholder
You may ask, 'what is in a potholder?' Well, my neighbor Linda made me some potholders out of loopers. Are you familiar with "loopers"?...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Nov 3, 2023
Some Days are Stone..........
Today was one of those days. We awoke just before six to the sound of a car horn beeping. My husband Jim is in charge of the roads for...
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M. Virginia Southworth
Oct 25, 2023
To Mary's House We Go
My brother-in-law asked me if I would like to go to Mary's House. It is a three and a half -hour journey from Erdek. I did not want to...
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