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My Mother- The Hud

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Author

I love New York City and I try to head up there about once a year or eighteen months. One year, my mother decided she wanted to come. She’d always warned me about the hoods and criminals and worried that … Continue reading →

Posted in Jillian Chantal, Random thoughts | Tagged afghan, dogs, fun, hoodlums, hoods, life, mom, moms, mother, mother's day, NYC, sister | 18 Comments

Missed Trains

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Tonette Joyce

As soon as I saw that this week’s subject was trains, I though, “Oh, brother!” I have never been on a full-sized train, at least, not one that was moving. I have been in a few cars at museums and … Continue reading →

Posted in Tonette Joyce | Tagged attractions, coal-burning engines, CSX, electrical engineer, EMT, exhibits, firefighter, Idaho, Impressionist painting, Kind of the Road, lake, Lakeside. Colorado, library, model trains, mother, museums, pavillion, poems, railroad, rides, Roger Miller, son, son. writing award, trains, volunteer fire department, wildfires, wood-burnig engines, zoos | 5 Comments

Gearing Up For a Landing

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Tonette Joyce

I had never flown, but my aunt was determined to retire to Phoenix, even though she had never been there. Friends of hers had retired to there, and she had that bee in her bonnet. My sister also had a … Continue reading →