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Music Monday! Moonglow

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A wonderful memory that came back to me, thanks to my sister. Our Dad playing this song throughout our childhood, a memory of his from his teenage and young man years. Our dad was a musician, among other things . His mother a piano and organ teacher, back when jobs for the wives and mothers were unusual unless in times of economic need. Which was the case back during the Great Depression, when my father was a teenager. She taught him the skills, and he was a very decent pianist and organist. She taught us too, when we were little. Though I never practiced like I should have, and it was evident during my lessons. I think I was 5 years old or so. No surprise there that practicing was never long enough or serious enough. There were too many other things to keep me occupied when I was that age, like the fish tank that was right near the piano. Hard to stay focused on boring scales when little fish-ies were so much more interesting. But this song was a favorite of our dad. He pl...

Thursday Thought of the Day ~ The Power of Chocolate

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source: Pinterest Especially GOOD chocolate! I was lucky enough to WIN a box of Godiva chocolates . A huge thank you to M.L. Gardner - one of my favorite authors. Her books are a wonderful place to visit, in my favorite era, and that she gives away chocolate too! I love!! Book 1 of the 1929 Series. Right now, it's FREE! {Right now you can begin the journey into her wonderful series with Book 1 of the 1929 Series, Jonathan's Cross - for FREE! Click HERE! } I never, ever bought Godiva chocolates myself. I always thought is was a luxury I could not give in to.  I heard they were good, but..... that, it turns out, is underestimating their decadent deliciousness.  The chocolates I WON!! photo courtesy of Raige Creations More on my chocolate escapades later....but know this: Chocolate has a power.  It has the power to bring people together, to relax (especially with tea), and to help us enjoy the simple pleasure in life. So never feel bad about enjo...

Thursday Thought of the Day

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A statement I uttered while on the phone with my cousin last weekend, while I was trying to find out my maternal grandfather's parents name: "It is questions like this that we really should have asked when the people who knew the answers were still with us." My daughter was finishing up a Genealogy project she was doing for school.  I called 3 different family members, and no one knew my grandfather's parent's names. My great grandparents names were lost.  How quickly our lives are forgotten, how quickly our names are no longer important.  My maternal grandparents both passed away before I was born, and for some reason they were not talked about much. They both passed away by the time they were in their early 60's, and each one experienced a difficult health issue before their death. What we heard most about them is their suffering at the end of their lives.  There were some great accomplishments my grandfather achieved, we know a fe...