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November 10, 2022
Writing Stuff: Juggling Important Words
A month is a long time in the blogging world, and it’s been over that since I last posted. Life got busier around here with a new writing project and it feels good to steer my brain in a new direction… to start juggling important words again. My time has switched over to putting a […]
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October 6, 2022
Help in Emerging from Whatever Loss You’ve Endured
Blue Mountain Press took a chance on me 10 years ago, and this beautiful gift book was born. My 10-year anniversary is at hand, and I want to offer up a taste of Emerging from the Heartache of Loss periodically in the coming year. I sat down this week to read it cover to cover […]
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September 22, 2022
The Best Yard Sale Ever!
Thrifting is my deal. This brand of treasure hunting gives me a secret little thrill so I do it whenever I can. Tiny shops are really fun, but best of all is an unexpected find at a yard sale. The memory of my own — wild — sale is at the top of “The Best […]
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September 1, 2022
From Lowman to Wiseman: What’s in a Name?
What’s in a name? Probably nothing, and Shakespeare would agree. When Juliette posed the question to Romeo, she was telling him she would love him even though his last name was Montague, her family’s sworn enemy. [“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet.”] In […]
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June 29, 2022
Abortion Rights and the Magnitude of Betrayal
Watching abortion rights go down last week shook me to the core. Watching the Supreme Court trample the rights of half the population it serves was like finding out your husband or your best friend betrayed you. Crushing. My relationship with America seems a lot like some of my relationships over the years. I meet […]
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June 16, 2022
The Pleasure of Social Dance: Room to Improve
“Relax your shoulders.” “Relax your shoulders.” I heard this comment over and over during my dance lesson on Thursday. You should know by now that I’m an avid social dancer, and every once in a while treat myself to private instruction to improve my game. Seriously, I thought I was doing pretty good… until 10 […]
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April 28, 2022
Perspective is Everything: Consider Changing Viewpoints
Me: That’s a perfect ledge to put all his house plants on! Husband: [scowling] Oooh, nooo, I wouldn’t want plants in my face all the time. We’d been helping our son Jesse move into his new place, and I was admiring a sun- drenched ledge in the kitchen. THERE WAS A SKYLIGHT! Surely this was […]
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April 13, 2022
Defrosting Blogging Brain Freeze: Getting Unstuck
Could it be I’ve come down with a case of BBF, Blogging Brain Freeze? Or maybe wisdom has its own timeline. As life gets more complicated, I spend more and more time trying to make every single part of my life simpler. These thoughts are running through my head as I wonder what to write […]
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March 17, 2022
Escaping Reality: A Mental Health Must
They say a writer should write about what she knows. And today, what I know is a home project gone long. I was drowning in the constant bad news of the day so I came up with a plan: distract myself with a project: a facelift for the bathroom. Mind you, there’s nothing wrong in […]
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February 16, 2022
The Olympics Inspires Fitness
Every two years I get pumped up to pump iron. Every two years I get jazzed by watching the best of the best in the stunning display of athletes at the Olympics. And it always winds up with the same old phrase running through my head, “You sit too much. You are a slug”. As […]
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