Tuesday, February 14, 2017 – Happy Valentine’s Day
Here’s to a day of love. May yours be filled with love and chocolates.
But remember,
“This above all: to thine own self be true
And it must follow, as the night the day
Thou canst not then be false to any man
Farewell, my blessing season this in thee.
Hamlet Act I Scene II, Lines 18 – 21
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Friday, February 10, 2017 – Order in the Court. The Southern Snark is Now in Sessions
The Great Tom Lehrer from 1967.
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Friday, February 3, 2017 – A Pretty Photograph
Just look at the pretty picture and pretend all the crappy things in your life are gone for a brief moment.
Grand Canyon 2007 – Photo by me.
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Thursday, January 26, 2017 – “Who can turn the world on with her smile?”
“It’s you, girl!” “You’re gonna make it after all.” We did make it because of you. “Love is all around.” Thank you Mary Tyler Moore. RIP.
Photo by me.
Monday, January 23, 2017 – Where Did the Day Go?
Yesterday the winds blew who knows what into the air. I tried to breathe much of it and thus created a head full of snot to start the week. About 10:00 this morning – time to write HWIT – I decided to take a sinus pill to clear my head and lie down for an hour. I woke up at 3:00 in the afternoon. My head is so clear I can think of nothing to write. Tune in tomorrow.
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Thursday, January 19, 2017 – Get a Cause Because. Happy Birthday, Dolly Parton!
Here’s what I’m thinking today. You should get a cause and support it in the best ways you can. Two of my causes are We Back Pat and Still Magnolias.
Thank you Algers, for being in Tennessee the day it after Coach Summitt’s announcement and buying me this shirt.
We Back Pat honors the legendary Tennessee basketball coach Pat Summitt. This week SEC women’s basketball teams honor Coach Summitt with all teams wearing We Back Pat shirts. This week also announces the opening of the Pat Summitt Foundation. Please join me in this cause to find treatment and more importantly a cure for Alzheimers. http://patsummitt.org/
If you can’t find a cause you like, then start one you do like. Let’s hear for the Still Magnolias!!! It all starts with an idea. The Still Magnolias started with “wouldn’t it be nice if we could do something for our high school and 50th year of graduation?”
Because of your faith in us and your generosity and with the help of the Magnolia Independent School District and the Magnolia Education Foundation, The Still Magnolias were able to award two academic scholarships to Magnolia High School graduating seniors AND to start a program at MHS to provide assistance to current students. We named the program The Molly Memorial although the name could have been any classmate. This year we want to do more to help make the world a better place for those MHS students who now walk the hallways with the same Bulldog tenacity and spirit we once did. It is a chance to honor and/or remember someone who made a difference in your life in Magnolia, Texas by influencing others.
There are many ways you can get involved. When scholarship applications arrive this spring, we will need reviewers. Last year Still Magnolias were the only group who also awarded T-shirts to the kids’ chosen college. They loved it! We are always looking for ideas, directions, thoughts and most of all prayers.
Of course the bottom line always comes down to money. If you have a few spare dollars or that change in the jar, please consider donating to The Molly Memorial. Message me for submission and tax deductible forms.
Ann Richards Inauguration – Frank Erwin Center – Austin, Texas – date: long ago when Texas was Blue. Photo by me.
Happy Birthday Dolly Parton! Them girls from Tennessee are tough ain’t they?
Monday, January 16, 2017 – Dr. Martin Luther King Day
“…not by the color of their skin, but the content of their character.”
Lincoln Memorial Washington D.C. June 2013
Photo: Copyright Delia R. Duffey
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Saturday, January 14, 2017 – Get Your Thank You Notes Out Promptly! Our Mama Raised Us Right!
On behalf of the Duffey Girls (both Miss Magnolia High School, 1954 and 1967 respectively) thank you so much for such wonderful birthday wishes. The cards, phone calls, emails, texts, tweets and all those comments on FB were most appreciated. As we say in our family – “Love you heaps!” I am not certain what standard of measure a “heap” is, but it is a whole bunch. We are indeed blessed to have so many family and friends.
Facebook was indeed going crazy yesterday. I do not know if it was because so many of you were wishing me and Dale birthday greetings or the Russians. I got lost in the FB maze too. If you think you posted something, you probably did.
Title of Artwork: D & D with Christmas Tree Growing from Shoulders. Photo by Somebody at Betty’s Christmas Party.
One more techno update – Dale’s email at her apartment is not working. If you sent her an email birthday wish she did not receive it. Message me and I will send you her phone number. She likes to text and has time to do phone visits.
Title of artwork: Dale with Fish and Hippy Dippy Sister. Note: Shirt purchased at Grateful Dead show – Mountain View, California. It was kinda of a religious experience.
Nevermind, here is her phone number 1-800-555-8080!
Title of Artwork: Look What I Got for MY Birthday 68 Years Ago! Photo by: ?, but taken at Sarah and Cecil’s House in Magnolia.
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Friday, January 13, 201 7 – Birthday Math – How to Compute Your Age on Your Birthday.
Good Morning, Boys and Girls,
Today’s objective is how to compute your age using John Wax Math. Don’t forget to show your work.
Step one – write down the year you were born
Step two – subtract the current year
Step three – add the date of your birth
Step four – multiply by the square root of pi r squared
Step five – divide by pi r not square, pi r round
Step six – multiple by cosine divided by theta over minus 12
Step seven – add the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle – Hint: Use the Pythagoras Theory of A squared + B squared = C squared
Step eight – If you were born on the 13th of the month, add 13. If you were not born on the 13th add whatever number you think of first.
Step nine – add some symbols that look like this { } or [ ] or ( )
Step ten – multiply the entire mess by the number of letters you remember in a quadratic equation. Use zero if you do not even remember the term quadratic equation.
Everybody get 40 years of age? That’s how one does Birthday Math!
Class dismissed.
Thank you, Mick! 1.13.2017 – Gold’s Gym Bryan, Texas
It’s just one more candle and a trip around the sun!
Meet me in Margaritaville!
Hell yeah, they are real! Wouldn’t you show them off if you had biceps like that? Thank you Micky and Krystal!
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Monday, January 9, 2017 – Dixie’s Football Pride
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