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Those Who Cut Our Grass
He also cuts grass for people same as Cowboy does.
M. Virginia Southworth
Aug 30, 2025


A Cowboy in My Path
I was not going to get those dark chocolate salted caramels anyway.
M. Virginia Southworth
Aug 7, 2025


A Hat from Heaven
Anyone who knows me knows that I love hats. They are a daily part of my wardrobe. In fact, I even wear a hat to bed. Well, yesterday, I...
M. Virginia Southworth
Jun 11, 2025


Habemus Papam!
Great excitement in Alaska this morning as I headed out to church. I heard on the radio that the new Pope would be announced shortly. I...
M. Virginia Southworth
May 8, 2025


Way Up North
In case you are wondering where I am, let me tell you! It is a place where I stopped only for a refueling on my way to China some...
M. Virginia Southworth
May 8, 2025


Celebrating the Life of a Dear Friend: And St. Mary's Was There
It all started in kindergarten with Mrs. Robinson at the Central School on Champlain Avenue.
M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 11, 2025


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...
M. Virginia Southworth
Jan 24, 2025


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...
M. Virginia Southworth
Dec 10, 2024


I Will Rise
This is what I experienced at Yuri's Celebration of Life.
M. Virginia Southworth
Dec 6, 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. ...
M. Virginia Southworth
Dec 4, 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...
M. Virginia Southworth
Dec 3, 2024


Caught by Storm
"They were not happy campers!"
M. Virginia Southworth
Nov 21, 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...
M. Virginia Southworth
Aug 9, 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...
M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 20, 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...
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,...
M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 8, 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,...
M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 6, 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...
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...
M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 4, 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....
M. Virginia Southworth
Feb 1, 2024
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