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I Would Have Loved Paris in the Springtime...but... 1

I Would Have Loved Paris in the Springtime…but…

2018-03-09
By: Live by Surprise
On: March 9, 2018
In: Travel
With: 2 Comments

Having just finished my big Holland trip, I’ve been thinking more and more about Europe. And remembering my last visit to Paris. When one thinks of Paris, various words might pop into your head. There are quotes, songs, movies – “I Love Paris in the Springtime”, “Midnight in Paris”, “ParisContinue Reading

A First Portrait of my Rainbow Baby

A First Portrait of my Rainbow Baby

2017-05-01
By: Live by Surprise
On: May 1, 2017
In: Life, Motherhood, Parenting
With: 4 Comments

When I was just under three months pregnant with my first, I had a medical incident at work. I say my first, but he wasn’t really. Puck was a rainbow baby, following not just one, but two prior losses, both within the first trimester both within just over a yearContinue Reading

The Grandmother Diaries:  Neighbors and Friends

The Grandmother Diaries:  Neighbors and Friends

2015-09-28
By: Live by Surprise
On: September 28, 2015
In: The Grandmother Diaries
With: 8 Comments

Found an interesting tidbit in Gran’s diaries on June 19, 1987.  I’ll let her use her own words: Hot – got cloudy.  Lots of humidity. Cool in house – cleaned up vacuumed rugs.  Washed floors. Man from across street came over and told me his whole history.  He talks withContinue Reading

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Lola's books

Doctor Who: The Forgotten
Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who: Assimilation2, Volume 2
Doctor Who Classics, Vol. 1
Doctor Who: The Eyeless
Chronic Profit: Building Your Small Business While Managing Persistent Pain
Doctor Who: The Slitheen Excursion
The Other Emily
Tracing Your Ancestors in Lunatic Asylums: A Guide for Family Historians
Memories of Tomorrow
The Mercy of Snakes
Red Rain
The Praying Mantis Bride
Photographing the Dead
In the Heart of the Fire
The Painted Girls
The Other Typist
The Woman Who Stole My Life
Great Shape Hunt, The
Zoe's First Book of Seasons
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey Issue #0


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