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Here Comes The Sun!101 comments

A Gripping Life wrote 1 month ago: The sun came out for a short while today and I could feel my mood lift. This is how I was feeling.  … more →

Tags: Humor, Blue Skies, Chicago, Euphoria, Here Comes the Sun, Lake Michigan, Moods, olympic dives, the beatles

As Tears Go By78 comments

A Gripping Life wrote 1 month ago: The airport is a great place to make observations. I was recently there, standing at my gate, waitin … more →

Tags: no category, 1965, Airports, As Tears Go By, Children, Crying, Grandparents, great compassion, hug and squeeze

A random post on cheaters...70 comments

A Gripping Life wrote 2 months ago: Cheaters Never Win – More Importantly, They’re Never Happy I was thinking about all the … more →

Tags: Sandra Bullock, Ernest Hemingway, Psychology, Humor, Woody Allen, Princess Diana, Society, Mia Farrow, Jesse James

Hello, it's me61 comments

A Gripping Life wrote 2 months ago: M U S I C    M O N D A Y   ON   S A T U R D A Y CENTRAL PARK  1978 It was July 11, 1978, at a concer … more →

Tags: Music Monday, Humor, Music, Concerts, summer, central park, Wollman's Skating Rink, dr pepper, Budweiser

For Your Amusement....29 comments

A Gripping Life wrote 3 months ago: … more →

Tags: Humor, Comedy, LOL

Smile...64 comments

A Gripping Life wrote 3 months ago: I drove to the storage unit this morning to look for some documentation that I had packed away. I pa … more →

Tags: diana ross, Petula Clark, Relationships, Love, California, Nat King Cole, loyalty, Believing, Faith

WEEKEND POTPOURRI: BLACK FRIDAY, READING CHALLENGES, ETC. -- NOV. 234 comments

laurelrainsnow wrote 5 months ago: Welcome to the Day After…Yes, the Day After Thanksgiving, known in some circles as Black Frida … more →

Tags: Black Friday, Reading Challenges, Christmas Decorations

Personifications...80 comments

A Gripping Life wrote 6 months ago: I’m the sort of person who personifies pretty much everything. What can you say about a person … more →

Tags: Movies, Saying Goodbye, Personification, the red balloon, Pascal, the snowman, Cheerios, corduroy, Children's Books

WEEKEND POTPOURRI: JINGLE BELLS! -- NOV. 162 comments

laurelrainsnow wrote 6 months ago: A potpourri of Christmas treasures The photo above depicts my office a few years ago.  In the final … more →

Tags: COLLECTIONS, Christmas, spiffing up the space, Christmas spirit, Treasures

WEEKEND POTPOURRI: BOOKS, MOVIES, & STUFF -- NOV. 32 comments

laurelrainsnow wrote 6 months ago: If I had my druthers, I would curl up in a bed like this today…and just vegetate. Instead I … more →

Tags: Sentimental Objects, Movies, Books

WEEKEND POTPOURRI: NEW PERSPECTIVES, NEW BOOKS -- OCT. 192 comments

laurelrainsnow wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday I snapped the photo above…I seldom take shots from the other side of this room, and … more →

Tags: Quirky, Obsessions, Books

WEEKEND POTPOURRI: COZY MOMENTS -- OCT. 132 comments

laurelrainsnow wrote 7 months ago:   Today I’m enjoying a cozy weekend.  It’s cool outside, and I had the patio door o … more →

Tags: European, Books, coziness, Tea, Coffee

WEEKEND POTPOURRI: LAZY DAY ACTIVITIES -- OCT. 62 comments

laurelrainsnow wrote 7 months ago:   I’ve been having a great day of lazing around the house this morning, playing with my n … more →

Tags: Potpourri, Movies, Books

WEEKEND POTPOURRI: BLOG EVENTS, LEISURE TIME, & WISHING -- SEPT. 292 comments

laurelrainsnow wrote 7 months ago: I launched the weekend by having lunch at this fairly new restaurant in our neighborhood.  I must sa … more →

Tags: Potpourri, Changes, leisure time, lunch, New Books

Something to lighten the mood....49 comments

A Gripping Life wrote 8 months ago: I decided it was time to lighten the mood over here at, A Gripping Life, since I’ve been  incr … more →

Tags: Humor, Oreos, Ina Garten, losing weight, donuts, Weight loss, health, Fat, Diet and Exercise

My Exercise Guru...50 comments

A Gripping Life wrote 8 months ago: I just did something that I haven’t done in two months. I exercised. I was really getting disg … more →

Tags: Hawaii, Humor, Exercise, Donna Summer, Denise Austin, Fat Burning, sizzler, Idaho potatoes, VHS

Birds of a Feather Flock Together...58 comments

A Gripping Life wrote 9 months ago: I have a theory. I believe that WordPress is like high school and that people who blog return to the … more →

Tags: boundaries, film, Hollywood, Social Norms, cliques, Friendships, Birds, WordPress, Categories

The women who rocked my world...43 comments

A Gripping Life wrote 9 months ago: Recently I started thinking about the women in my life who made impressions on me during my formativ … more →

Tags: bewitched, Humor, I dream of Jeanie, i love lucy, The Flying Nun, the partridge family, Susan Dey, Sally Field, dick clark

WEEKEND POTPOURRI: A JOURNEY VIA PHOTOS, BOOKS, & MOVIES -- AUGUST 112 comments

laurelrainsnow wrote 9 months ago: This week and last, I have vicariously enjoyed traveling around London and Paris.  Here are some Sat … more →

Tags: Journeys, Movies, Books, photos


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