Eight stars of gold on a field of blue – Alaska’s flag. May it mean to you The blue of the sea, the evening sky, The mountain lakes, and the flow’rs nearby; The gold of the early sourdough’s dreams, The precious gold of the hills and streams; The brilliant stars in the northern sky, The […]
Do you ever have Eeyore-type days? You remember Eeyore, right? He is the gloomy, depressed, old grey stuffed donkey who is a friend of Winnie-the-Pooh. Once in a while I have days like that. Sometimes the world just seems sad, like if you looked at a globe it would have a frowny face. Yesterday was NOT one of
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Last Thursday was the annual Author/Artist banquet hosted by Deseret Book for people who have published through them in the previous year. I look forward to it every time! One of the best things about the dinner, besides dessert of course (you know me and my sweet tooth), is we have the privilege of hearing from
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My 17 year-old daughter and I were at a small specialty store a couple weeks ago. We were at the cash register and couldn’t help but notice a man in the back of the store. His loud, slow voice was hard to ignore – not that we were trying to. I couldn’t help but look
And I promise I used it the morning of my Person 2 Person interview with Shauna Lake from Channel 2. I even used hairspray, but you wouldn’t know it. Look at my hair! There are pieces of hair sticking out everywhere. It looks like a bird could nest in the right side of my head. Now,
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I’ve been that little girl before, sans the lime swim cap and pink plaid suit. My thighs have never been quite that dainty either, if we want to get technical. But I have stood on the edge of a diving board and wondered if I was brave enough to jump. Literally. I was in junior
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My pantry was just about empty, except for a few slices of bread, some cans of food and a packet or two of Ramen. It was the end of the month so food money was in short supply…which is to say, it was gone. I would replenish the cupboards as soon as the first day
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Have you ever had the perfect words in the perfect moment for a child or friend or spouse or knew exactly what the quilt should look like before you cut the first square? Have you ever planned a lesson and knew precisely what the message should be or saw the painting in your mind’s eye
(This blog was originally posted January 2012) I just learned that I spent three years on someone’s “to do” list. That has to be some kind of record somewhere. (Anyone have a Guinness Book handy?) A wonderful woman from my former stake has had “bring Hilary homemade bread” on her “to do” list for three
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(This blog was originally posted June, 2012) Killer Hill. It’s about a half mile from our house and it is as bad as it sounds. Not because there are criminals lurking in the bushes, but because it is a SUPER STEEP CLIMB. My treadmill has a max incline of 12% and if I had to
