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Discovering YOUR Motivation

For this morning���s walk, on a snowy midwestern day, the key to getting motivated to do anything. The answer is close. Really. Like in the mirror close.

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On Holidays and Family Conversations

Greetings from Malibu! For this morning���s walk, a few jumbled thoughts about family and the coming holidays.To learn more about the retreat happening here check out Pastors, Priests, & Guides and thanks much to Aaron Niequist for inviting me to join.And I���m thinking this might be an excellent location for a future Alma College MFA in Creative Writing winter residency!

Of Once and Future Friends

Are you encountering someone from your past as they were in your past? Or are you encountering them now, in this moment, as they are today? For this morning���s walk, the good things that can happen when you know the difference.

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When Once is Enough

We know what it is to love something so much that we watch, read, or want to see it over and over. But what about the art that moves us so deeply that we can’t bear to encounter it again? For this morning’s walk, in beautiful Petoskey, Michigan – Petoskey.net, I’m thinking about when once is enough.Shoutout to Sarah Arthur – Author and the writers and readers joining us here this weekend for the Madeleine L’Engle Writers Retreat and the C.S. Lewis Festival.

The Sweetness of Friends

I didn���t know I needed to see friends until I saw them. For this morning���s walk at��Chautauqua Institution, how connecting with people you care about can make everything that much better.��#chq150��#CHQ��#CHQ2024

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Fresh Start, Fresh Thoughts

Trying on something new? Make sure you leave behind your old habits and old ways of thinking. For this morning’s walk, fresh start, fresh thoughts. And I’m now calling Michigan home.

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Shoes for the Cobbler’s Kids

“The cobbler’s children have no shoes…” What’s up with that? For this morning’s walk, using our talents and skills for others, AND ourselves.FYI my shirt: the Crossword Wrap Top, 50th Anniversary edition, by Diane von Furstenberg.*

This is Your Home

���No matter where you go, there you are.��� For this morning���s walk, from the streets of lovely Bath, England, concepts of where to find home.

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Giving Yourself Time to Get Good

What are you working on? What are you learning? Whatever it may be, competency won’t happen overnight. For this morning’s walk, in the glorious countryside of Bath, England, giving yourself the time and grace that it takes to improve.

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The Magic and Danger of “Why”

Asking “Why?” can take you in interesting directions. For this morning’s walk, how asking the question might make you stop doing things instead of starting them. Kinda scary, but kinda good too.