It’s All Maya!

 
Maya Muses:  The title says it all!  Happy Birthday Mom!  I wish I was there with you celebrating you being 88 years young!  You’re an amazing woman and we’re so lucky to have you as a mom!!!  Love and miss you so much!  (Pack your bags and come to Paris!)

Mom taking a rest from gardening.

Mom in […]

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I know, I know!  I haven’t been writing much on my blog lately, but believe me it’s not because I haven’t been writing.  Just the opposite!  Yesterday I wrote 30 pages, yep, 30 pages of a novel that I’m writing.  I’ve had this idea in my head for quite some time and when the story […]

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I don’t know which it is, but whatever Patrick is drinking it’s not working that well. Patrick was watching the quarter finals in the World Cup between Paraguay and Spain the other day when I came into the living room.
“Who’s playing” I said, sitting down to watch the game.
“Paraguay and Spain.”
“Who’s who?”
“Spain is red and […]

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When you have ten Mexican-Americans in a sleek silver gray rented mini-bus traveling together with one Anglo in tow it doesn’t turn heads in the Southwest, at least not in Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, or California.  As we ventured our way into the depths of Arizona, however, we caused a stir among the local authorities […]

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(School Days - Mom, middle row, far left.)
My mom is an extraordinary woman who had a difficult life as a young child and some of her earliest memories are those that sound like a Stephen King novel turned into a horror movie.  Painful memories that anyone would want to forget, so I won’t go into […]

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I love getting e-mails from my friend Sandy because I know that whatever she sends, it’s going to be cute, fun, or practical.  Thanks to Sandy I have written a number of posts.  One was about the crazy things that people do with food.  There are some great photos of creative people sculpting food.  My […]

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I guess my title says it all.  Patrick and I were suppose to be in Paris by now and yet we’re still here.  Why?  Well, I won’t go into the gruesome details, but we can’t leave until after I have several medical procedures and this afternoon will be my second with maybe one or two […]

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Maya Muses:  Dimanche 11 Avril, venez soutenir l’association Laurette FUGAIN. RDV Pour les lève tôt, et vous serez nombreux j’en suis sûre, dès 8h30 au niveau de l’Arc de Triomphe et à l’angle de l’avenue Foch, pour assister au départ et descendre les Champs-Elysées avec notre belle équipe jusque Concorde. De […]

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Maya Muses:  I couldn’t have said it better and besides, Andy Rooney is a really smart guy!

“As I grow in age, I value women over 50 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why:

A woman over 50 will never wake you in the middle of the night and ask, ‘What are you thinking?’ […]

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Maya Muses:  From New York to San Francisco, with all sorts of stops in between, I just haven’t found time to update my blog but we’ll be slowing down shortly and I’ll be able to put photos of some of the great places we’ve been to so far!  Have to run because I have another […]

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