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  1. Faithful Place: Only A Few Moments Matter

    9/1/11 9:30am by FabGrandma
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    From the very first paragraph of Faithful Place by Tana French, I was grabbed and pulled in and didn't want to put it down. Frank and Rosie were young, and in love, and just about to set out on their way to England to find a new life for themselves, when something went wrong.  Read more >

  2. The Kid and "The System"

    7/26/11 3:30pm by FabGrandma
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    The Kid by Sapphire is the story of Abdul, from the day of his mother’s funeral when he was nine years old, until about the age of eighteen. His story is very disturbing, frightening at times, and difficult to read for many reasons.  Read more >

  3. Getting To Happy with Terry McMillan

    6/20/11 6:30pm by FabGrandma
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    I loved the movie version of Waiting to Exhale, so I was really excited to be able to read Getting to Happy by Terry McMillan. Her characters are all such strong, loving women that I feel like they could be real people, my friends in real life.  Read more >

  4. On Being a Woman in the 1600s: Caleb's Crossing

    4/22/11 1:32pm by FabGrandma
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    Sometimes you are surprised by what you learn in reading a novel. In Geraldine Brooks new book, Caleb's Crossing, the surprise for me was learning about how women were treated in the 1600s in the new world. Though I had probably read about this somewhere before, it was new to me that women, or girls, were not encouraged to learn.  Read more >

  5. The Trouble With Christmas

    12/26/10 1:12pm by FabGrandma
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    The trouble with Christmas is that for so many people, there is no Christ in Christmas. Yes, even people who profess to be Christians have no mention of Christ in their Christmas celebrations. It is all about Santa, and Christmas trees, and who they should give gifts to and how many they should give, and how much they should spend. I wonder how many of us ever even think about Jesus and what he means other than to use his birthday as a reason to overeat, overspend, and judge others? When you put Christ back in your own Christmas, then you will have the right to tell others to do so.  Read more >

  6. When Dreams Come True

    3/11/08 9:20pm by FabGrandma
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    You know that sound you hear sometimes in movies, that sounds sort of like a needle being dragged abruptly across an old vinyl record? The one they use just before they suddenly stop the action and back up to an earlier point in time? Well, imagine that you are hearing that sound right about now! read more here  Read more >

  7. Another Project Completed!

    3/2/08 7:12pm by FabGrandma
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    I did not know how freeing it would be to get Becky's quilt on the road to being finished! Just the very idea that it is on the long arm machine has let me tackle other projects that have gone undone. Read More  Read more >

  8. A Night Out On The Town In Atlanta

    3/2/08 6:58pm by FabGrandma
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    Last weekend the FabGrandpa and I crawled down out of the woods to spend the weekend with Becky, our daughter. She lives in a high rise condo in downtown Atlanta, just down Peachtree Street from the Fox Theater. read more  Read more >

  9. Almost Finished

    2/21/08 7:50pm by FabGrandma
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    Are you a lister? By that, I mean, do you keep a list of things you need to do, should do, must do, either written down on a piece of paper or in your head? I am very obsessive compulsive about MAKING lists of things I need to do. But when it comes to actually DOING those things, well, that is a different story. Sometimes I feel like I will literally die if I don’t have that list in my pocket. But there are some things on that list that have been on it for years! read more here: http://fabgrandma.blogspot.com/2008/02/almost-finished.html  Read more >

Karen E

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Karen E
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October 2006
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In August of 2000, I persuaded my husband to sell our house and all our stuff, and hit the road in a travel trailer. We have worked in campgrounds and resorts since then. We decide where we want to go, then find a job there. Wherever we go, our children and grandchildren come to visit when they can. We go home to Georgia as often as we can to spend time with family and catch up with friends. I call myself a wannabe photographer, and try to take some photos every day. Some days I get something good, other days it is just practice. Other things I do to keep myself from going crazy are quilting, sewing, soapmaking, fishing, selling things on ebay, and cooking. My husband, Jim, and I love to try out the local foods wherever we may be. We laughingly say we are eating our way across America.

Something about me that might surprize you: I was once frisked by the secret service while wearing a bathing suit!

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