Tag: courting
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February 06, 2008 09:43 AM EST --
As I was courting my wife lo these many years ago, I was a very creative fellow. But now that my marriage is approaching 18 years, we've gotten in to a rhythm of going out to eat and maybe a movie. . . . more
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October 16, 2006 08:33 PM EDT --
Huddling in our corner booth
We raise a toast to sisterhood
Singing songs of better times
When laughter chimed a youthful chord
You beckon from your forlorn table
Eyebrow raised in . . . more
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November 15, 2007 04:04 PM EST --
A few days ago, while searching for trolls on eBay, I ran into something in the Dolls category that I'd never seen before. On some level, this listing disturbed me. I can't help wondering . . . more
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November 17, 2006 09:54 AM EST --
THE COURTING CHILL
Chill soothing to skin
Rapturous goose bumping thrill
Nose nibbling, ear tugs
Winter charms courting favor
Chills seep to her warming grace
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March 26, 2007 10:08 PM EDT --
©by Iris J.
She came close and caught his eye,
He met her sultry gaze.
And then her words came so softly,
That only he could hear.
"Do you want to ride the wind,
To walk upon the . . . more
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January 21, 2008 12:10 AM EST --
" There's a fine line between neighborliness and stalking ."
We previously discussed how to select a health club. Now comes: meeting members of the opposite sex. In future columns, . . . more
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May 04, 2008 11:50 AM EDT --
#108 Our Wedding Day
I slept surprisingly well and got up about 7:30 AM. We were all going to have breakfast together at a local restaurant so Lloyd and I drove, in my . . . more
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March 01, 2008 09:29 PM EST --
#98 Reunions and Reminisces
I met Marilyn several times at airports all over the country. Some of those, Tulsa in 1961, Chicago in 1962, are very clear in my memory. . . . more
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March 23, 2008 04:51 PM EDT --
Our Freshman Year (1960-1961)
#1 A Tentative Start
My life started at about 8:30 PM on September 20, 1960. I didn't know it at the time. After all, I was only . . . more
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October 07, 2006 07:15 PM EDT --
I sit upon my balcony,
Surrounded by the night,
Upon my shoulders, darkness lay,
As a maidens' courting shawl,
And the night sounds become a gentleman,
And replicates his southern . . . more
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November 15, 2006 02:59 PM EST --
Seriously. don't read if you are easily offended!!
One day little Johnny came home from school and asked his mom about curting. Flustered, she replied, "Tonight go watch your sister when she . . . more
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December 20, 2007 08:07 PM EST --
# 70 Looking Back (Part 2)
I can't believe I'm writing this, but in many ways Marilyn's summer was worse than my own. Now understand, what I'm writing here is . . . more
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December 21, 2007 09:19 PM EST --
#71 Travel Interlude
This will be short. It will also be the last entry for about three weeks. We leave tomorrow for a long and much deserved vacation and I'll not . . . more
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January 19, 2008 09:48 PM EST --
#87 The Letters Keep Flying
Getting back to the letters, remember what I said about the pattern of several days of love letters followed by a serious letter. Here is a textbook . . . more
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January 21, 2008 06:58 PM EST --
#88 And Flying
Still in the pattern I've mentioned, my next few letters are mostly love letters. I wrote the 23 rd , 24 th , 25, and the 26 th . The letters of the . . . more
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January 23, 2008 05:13 PM EST --
#89 Summer Thoughts and Other Ramblings
No, the July letters will have to wait. The last few entries have been very focused on the letters. I think maybe stepping back . . . more
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January 30, 2008 10:23 AM EST --
#91 July Passes Slowly
To continue the letter avalanche of July, I write a somewhat funny letter on the 9 th . First I mention that I got a B on my first test and that I wrote about . . . more
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February 03, 2008 04:45 PM EST --
#92 And More Slowly
To continue, Marilyn wrote on the 17 th , 18 th , and 19 th . She is worried about the letter from the Dean. (We had talked on the phone . . . more
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February 17, 2008 11:37 PM EST --
#96 On With August
I got home late the 9 th . Marilyn had written me three letters before I got home but after my last call on the 8 th . In fact she wrote after we had talked . . . more
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March 05, 2008 07:30 PM EST --
#99 A Fourth Timid Start
Our senior year was unlike any of our other years and, as with the others, I'm not sure how to approach it. There are no major problems, a few . . . more
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