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Houston and New York and Budapest

June 27, 2020July 15, 2020 Laura Grevel6 Comments

Green park bench, Free-photos from Pixabay

Houston and New York and Budapest

 

I once had a friend named Jules Dunay, and Jules was gay,

and I was a little in love with Jules Dunay.
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Five Festive Traditions of My Wacky Family

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Laura Grevel4 Comments

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Five Festive Traditions of My Wacky Family

You may think we hang upside down from the rafters at Christmas, or throw purple socks in the air for New Year’s.

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The Totem

August 21, 2018August 22, 2018 Laura Grevel6 Comments

Laura with totem 1997

The Totem

 

I can’t say what took hold of us that Saturday.  We made a strange decision.Read More »

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A Texas Ranching Adventure: The Family Milk Cow

July 9, 2018 Laura Grevel6 Comments

Jersey cow flipped Lily blogA Texas Ranching Adventure: The Family Milk Cow

Driving through the dark down a Texas highway, my husband at the wheel, I shone the flashlight at the book and read,Read More »

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A Texas Ranching Adventure: They Paid a High Price

June 10, 2018June 13, 2018 Laura Grevel7 Comments

Sunrise on BAST Ranch 1997

A Texas Ranching Adventure:  They Paid a High Price

 

The Tree Was Witness

An ancient pecan tree was witness to the Jacksons’ violent deaths and, 140 years later, the tree provided shade for the people gathered together to remembering the Jacksons’ fates.Read More »

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Looking Towards Hathersage

April 20, 2018June 16, 2018 Laura Grevel6 Comments

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Looking Towards Hathersage

I pause in my daily walk along the edge of the English town I live in and gaze across a soon-to-be-developed meadow and on towards the hills of DerbyshireRead More »

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The Meaning of Hair in My Life

March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 Laura Grevel13 Comments

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The Meaning of Hair in My Life

For years, I did not think hairdos very important.  My mother was always after me: “A little brushing would help,” she’d say.Read More »

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A Landscape Where There Are No Toilets

January 29, 2018June 10, 2018 Laura Grevel4 Comments

Outhouse on the rangeA Landscape Where There Are No Toilets

“Jimmy!”  I shout into the phone, “I’m looking out the window at my front lawn at an honest-to-God human turd!Read More »

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Turning 40 at a Tupperware Party

December 18, 2017June 10, 2018 Laura Grevel5 Comments

Tupperware for Turning FortyTurning 40 at a Tupperware Party

It is strange to be thirty-nine years old and afraid to attend a Tupperware party.Read More »

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Texas Sesquicentennial

November 22, 2017November 23, 2017 Laura Grevel2 Comments

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Texas Sesquicentennial

 

“Time to go, girls!” says Maria, the supervisory auditor, pushing back her chair, sticking out a leg, and checking her hose for runs.  “This is important government business!”Read More »

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Laura Grevel

Laura Grevel

When I was young and met new children, I noticed we all sat around biting our lips until someone started telling stories. Before we knew it, the time had flown and we were all friends. When I was grown-up, I volunteered with a charity that visited people who were down and out. We'd take the needy a sack of food and some money, and only when we heard their history, did they relax and let us go. I have lived in many different places and worked a wide range of jobs. And I have seen again and again that stories are all it really takes to bring people together. So that is my mission—telling stories, bringing people together. Something this world needs. I hope you enjoy my stories, that they bring you together with the shared human heart.

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