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Look for Me on Thursdays

April 11, 2013 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Large pink and yellow tulips, close up. Photo by BF Newhall
Tulips. Photo by BF Newhall

By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Dear Readers: From now on I’ll be posting on Thursday mornings. The Saturday posts were not working for me as I was having to spend so much of my weekend replying to comments and creating links to Facebook, Twitter and other people’s websites. And once I sat down in my writing room, I just kept on working.

I want my weekends back. I want to put my work life aside and do things on the weekend like meet friends for lunch and phone my kids without having to worry about whether I’m interrupting them at the office.

It would also be nice just to hang out on my deck with the pansies, or drive over to Mountain View Cemetery and spend time with the tulips. And how about dinner and a movie with Jon?

Still, if you have a favorite day for reading blogs like mine, please speak up. I’d like to know.

Happy Thursday!

White pansy with yellow center. Photo by BF Newhall
Pansies. Photo by BF Newhall

 

 

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  1. Marilyn says

    April 11, 2013 at 11:08 am

    Any day is fine with me. I enjoy your posts and most especially love the flowers. Have a GREAT weekend with Jon. Treasure him, Barbara. Each day is special. I lost my husband/soulmate in 2009. Life is so very short…

    P.S. I’m looking for the last love of my life. If you find one that could be suitable, please put him on a White Steed and point him toward Illinois!

    • Barbara Falconer Newhall says

      April 11, 2013 at 3:25 pm

      That’s what I’m thinking. Life is short. It’s time to have more of it with that guy of mine.

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