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Angela Blair - Senior Citizen with attitude, chronic sense of humor, lofty ideals and somewhat opinionated. Has been known to challenge most norms and suffer from intensely bad hair. Short on patience and long of tooth but generally plays well with others

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Relationships & Family > New & Old Friends Is friendship for a lifetime?: 1 of 54
The road to establishing friendships, for me personally, has always been approached with caution. I consider it one of life's true blessings when a new acquaintance proves to be a kind hearted, self-sufficient and emotionally generous friend. Those are qualities I admire and hopefully, also bring to the friendship. Being ... More..
Relationships & Family > Family (Other) What does it mean to a woman to grow up without her father: 1 of 33
What it means to a woman to grow up without her father has always been of interest to me. I'm referring to one's biological father only. My mother and father divorced shortly after I was born, hence my personal interest. In my discussions with other women I've found their attitudes are generally based on a catalyst of one k... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Divorce: 1 of 20
The prospect of divorce was looming large on my horizon the day Sweet Alice decided to have a heart-to-heart talk with me. It was a beautiful Fall day in Texas and we had been gathering pecans for holiday baking. I had been married to her son for seven years, was the mother of her six-year-old grandson, and was an integral pa... More..
Personal Finance > Financial Planning Should you offer financial aid to your children now or let them wait to inherit?: 2 of 26
Who among us went through the worry, angst and confusion of raising a child to adult hood and now considers a bank account some sort of light at the end of the tunnel? Those fortunate enough to have accumulated enough wealth to live comfortably during their lifetime, and also provide for their children after they're gone, ar... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Styles (Other) What happened to discipline for children?: 1 of 13
My son, and only child, is grown so raising children at this point in time is rather alien to me. Also, I'm the first to admit I don't totally understand some of the child rearing methods subscribed to by today's young parents. However, and in retrospect, I truly believe I had the best of all worlds when my son was born. We ... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Irony: 4 of 49
THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD There's no doubt about it I definitely am the luckiest guy in the world - well, at least compared to most of my friends. I'm sure that's true because every time we all get together they talk about how terrible and dysfunctional their families are. Me and my friends, well, we're pretty much a mixe... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Death: 1 of 12
All small towns have their fair share of old-timey stories. There's absolutely no doubt in anyone's mind that all of those stories have been added to, changed or embellished in one manner or another with the passing of time. In Texas, with our reputation of doing - or trying to do - everything bigger and better one can only... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: The first time I cooked Thanksgiving dinner: 1 of 10
Enjoying Thanksgiving dinner at my grandmother's house was just a given in my life. She raised me, I lived with her and all those years the rest of the family came to her house for Thanksgiving dinner with us. Even after I married, quite young, and had both a husband and a baby son, Thanksgiving dinner at Granny's house was ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Lifestyles Cowboy humor: True stories about horses: 5 of 48
Cowboys, the real, live, born-to-it ones, claim the title early and leave this planet with it still being a way of life. They share a unique out look on many things, a somewhat different set of living standards and very definite opinions on the characteristics and personalities of horses, dogs and women. My son is one of tho... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Cats: 3 of 26
Lynn and John's 15-year marriage had begun deteriorating three years earlier, after John's affair with his secretary, and just couldn't recover. They mutually agreed upon separation. Their two small daughters would reside with Lynn and she and the children would remain in the family home. In fact, the separation didn't outwa... More..