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Surviving Bomb Drills, Polio, and Plymouths ( "OK Boomer..." )
This post seemed like a good enough excuse to add to my mug collection. Here's to a new mugshot! I wonder what this cardinal is thinking....
Connie H Strong
Feb 79 min read
The Other Route 66
On an ordinary Monday morning, coffee downed, I decided it was time to renew my poor, neglected blog. It’s been calling my name for a...
Connie H Strong
Aug 22, 20249 min read
Dating Naked, Love Potion No. 9, and Steel Magnolias ~Loving Beyond Valentine’s Day
Another Valentine’s Day is in the books and here’s to hoping you had a memorable one, whether you are single, married, committed or...
Connie H Strong
Feb 19, 20239 min read
It's About Time...
Happy New Year to me! Here it is, the middle of January and I’m taking a mulligan. Apparently, I wasn’t ready for 2023 to start on...
Connie H Strong
Jan 22, 20238 min read
Rockin' the 60s and Beyond
You know those days when you look in the mirror and think, “No, that can’t be right,” and then quickly realize, yep, that’s you? With...
Connie H Strong
Sep 21, 20227 min read
Losing the Norman Rockwell Façade — Or Maybe Not
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, at least according to posts on Facebook, Instagram, and any number of other social media...
Connie H Strong
Dec 4, 20218 min read
Hearts, and Other Broken Body Parts
In case you haven’t noticed, Cupid is quarantined and that’s not love in the air, it’s Covid. Year Two of the pandemic is really...
Connie H Strong
Feb 11, 20217 min read
Christmas 1918 — "Beware the Mistletoe"
Our Christmas tree is decorated, and the colorfully wrapped presents are waiting underneath for our Santa believers. The only things that...
Connie H Strong
Dec 22, 20207 min read
Ho! Ho! Home for the Holidays!
Happy Thanks-Hallow-istmas! This year has been a mixed bag of emotion and mental challenges for all of us. We’re rounding the corner to...
Connie H Strong
Dec 15, 20207 min read
Keeping the Old Man Out or Buying a Sock Monkey— The Choice is Yours
When it feels like 106 in the Texas shade and the skies are covered in Saharan Dust, it’s hard for me to don a Susie Sunshine smile and...
Connie H Strong
Jul 14, 20208 min read
Depression VS The Great Depression— With Apologies to Eleanor Roosevelt
Here we are, Whateverday, the 76th day of April at about 45 o’clock— also known as the 666th day of 2020. This Baby Boomer feels like...
Connie H Strong
Apr 21, 20209 min read
Hindsight in 2020
Here we are, right in the middle of March 2020 and I’m completely stunned at the events surrounding me. Coronavirus is dominating the...
Connie H Strong
Mar 13, 20207 min read
Santa Claus is Coming to Town!
Ok, so maybe it's not exactly Rudolph and the gang, but as long as he makes it by December 25, I really don't care what Santa uses as his...
Connie H Strong
Dec 23, 20196 min read
Grumpy Old Turkeys, Cranberry Sauce and Distance— But Not Mariah
Here we are again, on the cusp of the holidays. Usually, without fail, it’s my favorite time of the year, but this November I’m not...
Connie H Strong
Nov 28, 20198 min read
BOO! It Runs in the Family
Apple cider, falling leaves, cooler weather, the approaching holiday season, chili, soup, pumpkin-spiced EVERYTHING… The list goes on....
Connie H Strong
Oct 25, 20196 min read
Fighting Boredom with Boxes, Bottles and a Bucket
It seems the older we get, the less opportunities we have to experience something new. Yes, life can get boring, but only if we let it. Sinc
Connie H Strong
Sep 2, 20198 min read
Hakuna Matata —The Golden Girls Way
Sophia — “People waste their time pondering whether a glass is half empty or half full. Me, I just drink whatever’s in the glass.” Few...
Connie H Strong
Jul 19, 20196 min read
I Now Have a One-Year-Old!
My "baby" hit the one-year mark and I celebrated the event as if my little darling was an actual, living, breathing entity. This...
Connie H Strong
Apr 28, 20194 min read
April: Osage County
There's something about Pawhuska, Oklahoma that feels like home. Regardless of where you travel from, the nostalgic feeling of "home...
Connie H Strong
Apr 10, 20199 min read
Apron Strings and Kitchen Things
Kris Kristofferson is right, “There’s just something ’bout a Sunday…” Recollections of grandmas in aprons, who stood in bare feet,...
Connie H Strong
Mar 9, 20197 min read
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