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I’M OLDER THAN … FITTED SHEETS!

Posted on June 24, 2021 by oneta hayes

I have rid myself of many bed linens.  Although I almost always strip the bed, wash and dry the sheets and remake the bed on the same day, I was careful to keep an extra pair of sheets just in … Continue reading →

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I COUNT MY YEARS IN DECADES NOW

Posted on January 22, 2018 by oneta hayes

LAST YEAR I told you about my “birth” day.   So today I will pick up my story beginning at ten years and and hitting the highlights of each decade of my life.  As I thought this project over, I realize I … Continue reading →

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FEELING BITTERSWEET

Posted on January 20, 2018 by oneta hayes

I’m having another birthday soon.  So being nostalgic. FEELING BITTERSWEET Wearing sack dresses and platform shoes Reading Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Feeling bittersweet. Singing “How Much is That Doggie in the Window” Seeing Lassie fight bears and leave them … Continue reading →

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IN THE HANDS OF THE POTTER

Posted on September 16, 2017 by oneta hayes

 A MARKED DISCOVERY – I HAVE BEEN SECURE IN THE HANDS OF THE POTTER. “But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.” Isaiah … Continue reading →

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LETTING GO

Posted on May 12, 2017 by oneta hayes

“I’ll deny it,” I thought.  “I’ll tell them some boys came by and vandalized it.” I’ve driven for seventy years with only a speeding ticket now and then, no serious accidents.   Now this is the third one in six months.  They … Continue reading →

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PASSIONATE FLAMES

Posted on November 12, 2016 by oneta hayes

FIREBUG!  That as the name of a play that my class performed in high school about 1949.  My class was small, just over twenty students.  Apparently they tried to give a role to everybody since I was assigned the role … Continue reading →

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UNIQUELY HIS

Posted on November 4, 2016 by oneta hayes

I’ve been browsing my blogging situation And found far more positives than I deserve, It is really beyond my imagination, As with pleasure I observe.   About forty new followers who have had little to follow Thirty or forty who … Continue reading →

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