Tag Archives: romance

Some thoughts on Valentine’s Day… part 1…

I thought it might be fun to think about Valentine’s Day… you know… if you call what I do thinking… I decided that Valentine’s Day is another one of those things we do that we just do because we have … Continue reading

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Words matter, but they don’t matter much…

(or): Love is not a part time job… Love is not just a word. It is not just an emotion that you feel. Love is what you do. Love is like a job. If you say the word ‘love’ without … Continue reading

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A blog should get better with age…

It should also make you feel light-headed and giddy. It should make you want to talk to strangers and tell them your life story. It should make you feel creative and smart… and pretty. It should also be pleasing to … Continue reading

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What is THIS thing called, Love?

Okay, obviously I mean ‘what is this thing called love?’ I stole the title from a line in a Benny Hill sketch, and when the girl said it, it was funny. But this is another of those posts where I … Continue reading

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My eyes… a poem… sort of…

My eyes are the burning beacons of my heart’s desire! They are the windows into my passionate soul! They are molten, smoldering romance set in crystal! They gleam, they glint, they glisten, they impart the wisdom of the ages and … Continue reading

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I was the hunter…

I stalked the halls and corridors of this world. I roamed the hills and pressed on into the dim reaches of the forest. I captained my own ship and roamed the far corners of the seas. I burned the hours … Continue reading

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A Romantic Monday post… done on Sunday… because that is how Ed likes it… and it was his idea…

For a Birthday/Christmas gift, my kids and I took my wife to Disneyland for two days. We stayed at the Grand Californian, a 5 star resort that has a back door that opens right into California Adventure. That is the … Continue reading

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I am doing this post for Ed Hotspur’s Romantic Monday series, even though there are still billions of people on this planet who have not yet read my story about one of the times I almost died and I swore that I wasn’t going to move on until you all did…

I am in an interesting predicament here. No… not the fact that I am doing a new post even though I was holding this blog hostage until you all read my post called ‘What a way to go’… which you … Continue reading

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Oh, I got your romantic Monday post, Mr. Hotspur!!!

Once again I find myself blindly following the lead of Mr. Ed Hotspur and doing a post for his romantic Monday series. This post is simplicity itself. Romance is when your wife says you can get a good guitar for Christmas, … Continue reading

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Ed Hotspur is still trying to get us all to be romantic on Mondays…

Do you know Ed Hotspur? If not, you should. He is a brilliant blogger, and he gets us all to join in his craziness. He came up with this idea of having people do a romantic post every Monday. I … Continue reading

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