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It’s the smells
What makes you feel nostalgic? Warm cookies just out of the oven. Cut grass. Thunder storms. Honeysuckle in full bloom. Fresh brewed coffee. My husband’s neck when we embrace. Salt water in the air. Baby snuggles. Texas heat. Yes it has a scent, so does a crisp cool spring day in Florida. So many smells.…
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Go Octopi!
If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be? I would start a soccer (football) team. Colors would be teal and orange. Our mascot would be an octopus. I can see it now! Can you see it? Light & Love, Lori
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Unchanging Views
I can say that I have always fallen in the middle of conservatives and liberals. My political view is and has always been pro-human rights and freedom. Let people be who they are and let them vote for their values and beliefs. Speak the truth and it is up to each person to decide if…
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Merry Christmas
An Irish Christmas Blessing “May you have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain and tea beside the fire. Laughter to cheer you, those you love near you, and all your heart might desire. May joy and peace surround you, Contentment latch your door, And happiness be with you now, And bless you evermore. ” Light…
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What a Crazy Christmas Tree!
The O’Gara Clan has been known to be nontraditional in a lot of things. Holidays is when our nonconformity shines. This year is no different. Daughter #2 is attending a trade school for HVAC. She has tried a few things as she attempts to find her way along the path to adulthood. This is her…
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266 Days
I have been off social media for 266 days. That is 266 days of no mindless scrolling. There are three exceptions to my social media fast. When someone says “Hey did you see I posted…?” I have gone to look at particular posts. Almost all of them from my family with a few, very few…
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To Cow or not to Cow
What are your feelings about eating meat? I’m not a vegetarian. I like red meat. However, all social and cultural reasons aside, I can’t ignore the proof that not eating animal products saved my mother’s life. Her doctors gave her 5 years to live with a newly diagnosed genetic disease and that was 7 years…
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You’ve got mail!
If you like mail, real paper, glue stamp postal mail send us your mailing address and we will add you to the O’Gara Clan Christmas card list. Watch your mailbox! The real one outside.
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The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World by Laura Imia Messina
This story is heart-ripping and amazing. There’s quite a lot of tragedy but by the time you reach the end of the story, you will be glad that you’ve read it. This is a book you will think about for a long time after you’ve finished it. The “Wind Phone” exists in real life and that gives…
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Morning? Night? Neither.
Morning or night? It depends on what it is I have to do at the time. If it is to spend time with my husband, I am an anytime person. If I have to go to work and I really do like my job, I am a morning person. If it is a lunch date…
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Brendan & Lori O'Gara 