Black Oak's Daughter

Both of my parents birthdays were in the last few days. They are both gone now, but I still remember them on their days, especially my dad who was born on April Fools Day, eighty eight years ago.  I have written about them before.  They were amazing together.  I miss their energy in my life.
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Forgive me for the rambling. I need to do some free writing to see where it takes me. There’s a lesson trying to come out and this is the only way I know how to do that…
I got a call from an old friend last night. His name is Steve and he’s an artist, occasionally [...]

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Last week we had some training at work that was out of the ordinary.  Usually training is a new sales technique or a marketing ‘how to think out of the box’ kind of thing.  This one was a little different.
The technique is called DiSC.  The premise is that everyone has all four aspects as part [...]

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This sounds like the previously mentioned chicken recipe, except instead of chopped black olives, they were pimento stuffed green olives.

MEDITERRANEAN CHICKEN

3 tbsp. olive oil
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
3 tbsp. black olives, chopped
2 tbsp. chopped parsley
3 tbsp. Sun Dried tomatoes (chopped)
Freshly ground pepper to taste
1 tbsp. butter
1/4 c. flour
4 marinated artichoke hearts, diced
1/2 c. chicken [...]

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Part of my passion for words and writing has come from something that I started doing when I was a kid.  I noticed a long time ago, that not only are there regional accents in the US, but it’s not just pronounciation and annunciation, the use of the language is different too.
I’ve been told many [...]

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Once upon a time, a young lad was born without a belly
button. In its place was a golden screw. All the doctors
told his mother that there was nothing they could do.
Like it or not, he was stuck with it.
All the years of growing up were real tough on him, as
all who saw the screw made [...]

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I’ve hinted before that I’m putting together a “side business”.  I have a regular 8-5 day job, and it’s somewhat fulfilling. I get to help people all day long and that makes me feel good, I’m one hell of a wing man and a lot of people depend on the services that I provide, but [...]

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OK, I did it…. I upgraded my template to fix a few problems.  I’m working to get all of my customization back, it will take another evening or two.   Bear with me.  Comments might work soon…   I got another e-mail over the weekend that they were still broken.  Hopefully this new template gets me closer [...]

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I like memes. They make me think, and they let me know how other people think, and a little more about themselves too.  Deb over at Red Shoe Ramblings likes them too. I found her site through Create A Connection. I’ve stolen a couple from her in the past.  Being a meme afficianado, this one actually has quite a few [...]

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A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains
found a precious stone in a stream.  The next day
she met another traveler who was hungry, and the
wise woman opened her bag to share her food.
The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and
asked the woman to give it to him. She did so
without hesitation.
  The traveler left rejoicing in [...]

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