1 Mind's Evolution

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52992363343456335792009-10-13T00:36:49.822-04:001 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.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-85493966205042484912008-08-26T19:55:00.034-04:002008-09-10T21:21:48.224-04:00Losing 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 infectious!

Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-69578828488132785262008-08-26T19:24:00.003-04:002008-08-26T19:30:20.498-04:00Duathlon

I 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-4117947646472229862008-04-14T19:39:00.029-04:002008-12-08T16:22:02.156-05:00A 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 the

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-53236264098221221322008-02-27T06:38:00.010-05:002008-12-08T16:22:02.637-05:00Going 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 strawberry

Teri 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 #193

Over 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 City

Music 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 arrived

Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-65827515403966542082008-01-26T14:28:00.005-05:002008-12-08T16:22:02.869-05:00Missy

Simply 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-63266462988385040242008-01-24T20:13:00.012-05:002008-12-08T16:22:03.622-05:00No 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 John

We 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 Mary

Brian 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 Unanswered

At 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 was

Teri 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 Plane

I 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 Fountain

The 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-87991093340302256952008-01-16T21:24:00.003-05:002008-03-04T12:13:38.100-05:00Rocky

We 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-35910397996067356062008-01-14T18:37:00.000-05:002008-01-14T18:41:47.205-05:00Dueling Camp Tales

A few years ago we had took a family camping vacation. Unbeknownst to each other, my son and I had both written down our thoughts. I welcome you to compare 1 mother's perspective against 1 son's....

Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-82069732576409787442008-01-14T18:35:00.002-05:002008-03-04T12:13:38.102-05:00The Beach

I’m at the Oregon Inlet beach with my son 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.Brian 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 the

Teri Lee (tln)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798172326280732644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299236334345633579.post-9035312693225177442008-01-14T18:29:00.003-05:002008-03-04T12:13:38.103-05:00Thick Layers of Blood Sucking Insects

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, my dad told me that we were going to go to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a camping trip.Now for those of you who are not familiar with the Outer Banks, you must know

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 Child

As 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 20

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