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Home is where your purple chair is
I’m home! I almost titled this post Home, Shit, Home. A name my husband called one of our former residences, but I would be lying. It is Home, Sweet, Home to the max. Yes, I just reverted to my high...
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An Un-Manic Monday
I just crawled under my big white down comforter next to EK who is already asleep and snoring just faintly. It’s a Monday afternoon and it is far from manic. You all remember the Bangles? They used...
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Love is…..
Today I’m eating crow. As you all know, it is Valentine’s Day. Yesterday, the facebook statuses started trickling into my news feed. You know the ones, posting what their sweetheart got them. I...
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Lilacs
There is a row of bare bushes that line the side of our property. They sit in a strong straight row bumping their branches into one another, housing nests of birds, and toying with my emotions. I...
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What happened when I quit Facebook
I quit facebook. It was huge for me. I think either today, tomorrow, or the next day marks two weeks. Two weeks! I don’t even know why I did it, except that somewhere in the past few years, months,...
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Lose This Day Loitering
By: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Lose this day loitering—-’twill be the same story Tomorrow and the next more dilatory; Each indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days....
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And the Earth Renews
Glory, glory to this early spring day! Although I woke from a very restless sleep, my body groaning under the weight of its 40 years: hips and hamstrings, neck and knees, the outside world renews me....
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Holy Moly! Where Has the Time Gone?
It’s been three months since I’ve blogged. I am partly ashamed and partly surprised. I can’t believe it has been that long and at the same time I can’t believe I have neglected this little corner of my...
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Where It All Began
Can we all just join together in a moment of silence for all the teachers out there? For me and many others, tonight marks the end of our Christmas break. It is back to the grind tomorrow. I’d be lying...
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Finding Gratitude in Challenging Times
Many years ago, back when I had cable TV and I liked Oprah Winfrey, she had a guest on her show who first introduced me to the idea of a gratitude journal. I can’t remember why I jumped onboard with...
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