Motherwise Cracks

Once when I was in my early 20s, I made some dandelion wine. I didn’t realize that if you don’t “rack it off” and leave some room or a special device on the top for fermentation, it explodes. My father made that perfectly clear when I visited after a month or so after leaving 5 bottles [...]

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What would you do if your packages were delivered onto a wet soggy porch when your front door with a dry covered porch is ten, count ‘em, ten steps to the right? All year long, the packages get delivered to the covered front porch until Christmas, when they get plopped into a puddle by the [...]

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So I saw these light up flag reflective markers and I bought them at the ridiculous price of fifteen dollars each. They will probably be $1.99 next summer but I couldn’t resist. They aren’t very romantic but the 31st anniversary isn’t too special sounding either. They are now on either side of our front entrance. [...]

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  That’s because I got some feathers put into my hair. I kind of liked them and thought, “Why not?” I always liked to be different, and since I live in a very rural small town, no one would think of putting rooster feathers in their hair, especially when they might have had to butcher [...]

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I just read the article on Mashable about the decline of blogging. With Twitter and Facebook satisfying the need to interact with social media and doing it instantly, bloggers are a dying breed. However, there are some of us die hards still in it. Honestly, I get some satisfaction out of documenting my experiences and [...]

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While I have never posted my kids photos online because there are too many nuts out there, I am going to break my rule with this post. I think it’s pretty safe. You won’t have a clue which person she is because I could hardly find her, but it was a thrill to think she [...]

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I do believe in the healing power of chicken soup. So when I heard that may daughter had a bad cold, I put the bird in the pot and let her boil. I added carrots, onion, seasonings, and tortellini by the loving spoonful and it was good. Now, after whipping together a great pot of [...]

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In a nutshell, it lets us know if our children are still there. If you are lucky, their posts can also give you a clue as to if they partied the past weekend, if they have a love interest, etc. But you have to be careful. There is a trick to this whole thing, however. [...]

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