tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52992363343456335792024-03-21T12:14:26.216-04:001 Mind's EvolutionI may seem invisible as you pass me by on the street. It's uncommon that I'm picked out in a crowd. Often my opinion is discounted if it's even requested. Here, I write what many times comes out garbled in my speech. It's only one mind's evolution, but it's mine.Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-17040835683277321282022-03-27T10:46:00.014-04:002022-03-27T11:07:21.501-04:00B&T Sunshine Tour 2022 - Day 3 & 4I had to steal another picture from the web ℅ The Luxury Columnist because the day was actually rather bleak and rain.The Biltmore was constructed from 1889 to 1895. It was much farther from the Village Inn, where we were staying, than we expected. At every wooded curve, I anticipated that the land would open up to this most beautiful site known as the Biltmore. It wasn’t that dramatic but once Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-48695728539100680832022-03-14T15:15:00.005-04:002022-03-15T09:12:54.495-04:00B&T Sunshine Tour 2022 - Day 2You never know how the day will go until well…the day goes. We started out looking for the Hatfield's in Pikeville but B was not really in the mood and we didn’t have a real plan so I didn’t complain. Later, in Tennessee though, we made a stop at a gas station and found a flier for a Hatfield-McCoy Self guided drive through that passes by grave yards and points of interest (killings?). If only weTeri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-10256671161338314022022-03-05T09:21:00.028-05:002022-03-14T11:54:07.239-04:00B&T 2022 Sunshine Tour - Day 1 We had decided to break down our travel days into 4-5 hour drives. B, the driver, and I, the navigator, could have gone farther this day but when we stopped, we were happy not to continue. The number of trucks traveling 23 South from the south end of Columbus made us feel like we were joining a convoy! The truckers in Canada were protesting COVID-19 Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-28920231711585250612019-02-23T16:36:00.000-05:002019-02-24T09:24:59.796-05:00Power Policy Gone Astray
Some shopping trips are smooth sailing. Others just don’t
flow as expected from the start. I hit a local Kroger late yesterday afternoon
to buy sub fixin’s for movie night. It started with no French bread. Or was
there? I saw the empty shelves but asked anyway in case there was someplace
else to look. The reply was no and confirmation was that there was no more coming
out of the oven. Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-67906067432954665072015-08-27T08:01:00.000-04:002015-08-27T08:08:52.533-04:00A Groupon ExperienceThere always has to be a first in all you do. Here's my first YouTube video...
Groupon Mystery PackageTeri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-79754832776219782062010-10-28T19:32:00.004-04:002022-03-05T10:03:37.775-05:00Bingo!Twelve years old in 1967 and we stood appalled at where the world might lead a body and its mind. Francine and I had worked with our Girl Scout troop for hours collecting baby food jars, soil, moss, tiny flowering herbs and ribbons to tie around the bottom of small, handcrafted terrariums. They were gifts of spring for a local home for the aged. We were excited to be selected as ambassadors for Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-85493966205042484912008-08-26T19:55:00.035-04:002022-03-05T10:05:15.189-05:00Losing at the Slots
Last night was too much fun! With only a couple days at Treasure Island in Vegas, I was excited to find a gambling buddy!
He was winning nicely on one of their quarter slot machines when I started hitting on mine just a couple away. He glanced over with dancing eyes. Obviously this nameless gentleman enjoyed watching others win as much as scoring for himself. His attitude was downright Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-69578828488132785262008-08-26T19:24:00.003-04:002019-02-24T09:27:17.777-05:00DuathlonI couldn’t conceive of doing the triathlon; can’t swim. But, I was intrigued to discover that there was a duathlon. No swimming; only running and biking. I had biked off and on for several years, but had only been running for about 6 weeks. Frankly, this in itself was quite a feat for me. The last 30 years were spent telling anyone who suggested jogging or running as a viable form of exercise or Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-4117947646472229862008-04-14T19:39:00.030-04:002022-03-05T10:05:51.238-05:00A Little "Big Easy"Sitting home tonight is downright boring! We're just 18 hours off the plane and ready to go back!
We left Ohio for New Orleans early Saturday so we'd have plenty of afternoon to explore. The plane rides were short, on time, and smooth sailing! We scurried to the Marriott Hotel at the edge of the French Quarter. We threw our belongings in the room, changed from winter to summer attire, and hit Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-76501062593821868612008-04-13T20:41:00.034-04:002008-04-16T18:20:32.991-04:00Skunked!If you've ever flown, you have an airline story. If you've tried to fly these last couple weeks, you have horror stories of being left stranded for hours when Skybus chose to drop out of the race without notice, or the FAA decided to crack down for real on MD80 planes that had ties spaced 1/4" too far apart around some wires warranting failed inspections.I've been fortunate enough to have a job Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-53236264098221221322008-02-27T06:38:00.010-05:002017-05-05T08:14:22.591-04:00Going Dutch "Grandma, I'm so hungry!" The savory warmth coming from the chicken stewing atop the old coal stove was more than this little one could take. Great-Grandma Sadie turned with hands stuffed in the front pockets of her cotton house dress contemplating my mother. She smiled and surprised her beloved granddaughter with a thick slice of home baked bread spread with sweet butter; topped with strawberryTeri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-56995987503302817462008-02-13T10:23:00.014-05:002008-04-18T16:16:40.008-04:00Where Are The Lightbulbs?I hear her muttering under her breath through the phone "I bought them. I remember them being scanned at the store. They definitely went into the bag. From here I can even see the bag I brought home. Yep, there’s the napkins. Where are the light bulbs?"“Okay,” she hollers at her husband. “You can take your shoes off now. I can’t find the lightbulbs!”I’m chuckling! Thank goodness it isn’t just me!Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-53928030921260398422008-02-08T16:42:00.006-05:002008-02-15T09:39:02.407-05:00Grand Juror #193Over the years cops and robbers have dominated television viewing. With only one week served on the Grand Jury, I realized that the stories will never end. They are being scripted as you read this and if you read it again, a fresh scenario will be hanging in the sidelines to be drafted. One week. They had said it would be the most interesting service we could do for our country. These Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-4410065056773300262008-02-03T08:45:00.014-05:002008-02-15T09:06:53.496-05:00Music CityMusic City! Nashville, Tennessee! I love traveling and discovering the world first hand. I’m not a country and western kind of gal and Brian just isn’t that kind of guy; but, they tricked us and we had ourselves a ball!We drove down to the Gaylord Opryland on the finest of March days. Clear and sunshiny with a crispness in the air that hollered spring is hovering near! Just around dusk we arrivedTeri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-65827515403966542082008-01-26T14:28:00.005-05:002008-12-08T16:22:02.869-05:00MissySimply put, she came with the house. It was our first house and during our numerous visits prior to the purchase, there were glimpses of a skinny, gray stray. I was much too overwhelmed with the financial and uprooting challenges rapidly guiding our lives to give an animal (banned already due to my husband’s allergies) much thought. Persistence changed that as we were moving in.It was summertime Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-63266462988385040242008-01-24T20:13:00.012-05:002017-05-05T08:16:09.468-04:00No Fear I have these pictures in my office. Beautiful pictures actually of a friend BASE jumping from the New River Gorge Bridge in WV. I’ve also a picture of his son skydiving in Utah and another of one of his daughters, with her long blond hair rising high. What a family! I tell everyone who asks about these pictures, “The ‘No Fear’ t-shirts exist because of this man and his family!”
There are two Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-34393119735698089402008-01-24T19:36:00.002-05:002008-03-04T12:13:38.099-05:00Elton JohnWe saw Elton John in concert last night. Eighteenth row. On the floor. Never have I been so close to a performer. My life has new breath!We paid way too much for these tickets! I fretted quite a bit about that. I really couldn’t imagine getting our money out of it, but a friend made the choices with my blessing and we went through with the purchase.We left my son at his cousin’s for the night. Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-8743504854697807172008-01-19T21:44:00.002-05:002008-02-15T16:43:39.982-05:00Aspiring To Be MaryBrian and I were young in our relationship and thrilled to be able to go on a company cruise to the Bahamas! It was a true adventure as neither of us had ever been on such a luxurious and exciting vacation! One afternoon we were basking in the warmth of the near equatorial sun at an open market area. Our ship was docked for supplies and we had a couple hours to devour more of this laid back Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-87190256255753429932008-01-19T21:39:00.005-05:002008-02-15T16:58:55.687-05:00A Challenge UnansweredAt the age of 19, I rode across the United States with a couple of girlfriends. One memorable stretch of road traveling through Colorado held me captive; a lone mountain reaching high into the bluest sky I could ever have imagined. I was transfixed. I gazed in awe toward that mountain. The splendor of its mere presence overwhelmed me! Inside I had a sense that this was my mountain and that it wasTeri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-80816870887901262632008-01-18T23:16:00.005-05:002008-02-15T17:08:22.940-05:00The Man On The PlaneI can always rely on a good trip away from the norm to entice me to write. There is so much new information to take in and enjoy and relate to and analyze!I just returned from a software convention in Orlando, Florida. I saw so many old friends and began the process of getting to know even more, but that isn’t really where today’s thoughts come from. In fact it’s not from business at all.I Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-58735833155317179242008-01-18T23:05:00.001-05:002008-02-14T10:09:00.808-05:00The FountainThe fountain with its majestic jut of water grabs me each time I pass now. It’s been active for 10 years or more, but it has held my sovereign interest for only a portion of that time; that time that has passed since the drowning.Was it a friend? That’s a tough one for me. I have people I care a great deal about and who care for me. But, I hear people talk about friends they’ve had for years and Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-87991093340302256952008-01-16T21:24:00.003-05:002008-03-04T12:13:38.100-05:00RockyWe had discussed getting the movie a couple times but without follow through.This had been a trying year for our family. Logan was 13 and in his first year of middle school. His mom was 48 and in her first acknowledged year of peri-menopause. There were times when Brian’s bug-eyed head turned to view first one of us and then the other; slowly and cautiously.The school year ended in an academic Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-35910397996067356062008-01-14T18:37:00.000-05:002019-02-24T10:05:54.247-05:00The Beach - A Son's Perspective
Thick Layers of Blood Sucking Insects
May,
2004 Written by L at Age 12
Every year since I was just a little
boy, my father told me that we would go camping in the summer, and every year
since I was just a little boy, we have stayed home during the summer. In the
summer after my sixth grade year at Brookside Elementary, my dad told me that
we were going to go to the Outer Banks of North Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-82069732576409787442008-01-14T18:35:00.002-05:002019-02-24T09:46:52.757-05:00The Beach - A Mother's PerspectiveI’m at the Oregon Inlet beach with my son, Logan, on the Outer Banks, North Carolina. He is surf fishing for the first time while I contemplate drawing the ocean. I’ve decided the waves are much too busy for my untrained eye-hand coordination to capture.
B brought me here about 18 years ago when we first met. Fresh love walked up and down the beach with us, romped in the sun with us, explored Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-9952013271987257552008-01-12T09:14:00.002-05:002008-09-24T06:34:34.442-04:00As A ChildAs a child she sits with the women.As a woman she sits with the children.Undefined as a person in general,She stifles emotions unsurfaced.Her tears are for those whom she loves,Her tears are the fears of her loves.When the light finally shines for her glory,The child will merge with the womanAnd peace in her being be filled.Written in 1975 byTeri Lee; Age 20Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0