- All the World’s a Stage
- Independent Living
- Cleaning House – Dr’s Orders
- Writing
- Invisible Servant
- What Do You Do
- What Does Anyone Know
- Pomodoro
- Timing: NOT Everything
- Picking Up Where You Left Off
- Look! Look!
- Why ‘Affordable Housing’ Fails
- Computer Backup Hell
- In Search of Nectar
- Fake Cowgirl
- One Things that Changed My Life
- Ghost Gifts
- Birthday Pain
- Missing Thereness
- Awaiting Profundity
- Smart Superstition
- Willing to Change Your Mind About Islam?
- Happy Birthday Mother
- Feckless
- The Parental “Conversation”
- A New Wrinkle I Can Live With
- Chasing the Dragon
- TSA – the Most Hated Part of Freedom to Travel
- Benefits of Harvesting Rainwater
- Separation Bookends
- Taking Too Much
- Lessons in Deadheading
- Shorting the Shortcut
- Best Water Bottle
- Do Not Envy
- Incorrect Sentiment
- When Mom Dies
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- This Is My Brain on Paper
- Making History
- Newness
- Remove the Sting
- One Thing
- Tracking Change
- We’re Going Crazy
- Makeover Hell
- Inner Tube Art
- Go Ahead: Change Your Socks
- Crunching Leaves
- Giving Thanks
Category Archives: Blog
Newness
Do you like new things? There was a time when I didn’t like to wear clothes that were immediately new; though, I can’t say I ever knew another girl who didn’t! I love new things now. I’m wearing my new … Continue reading
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Tagged dutch oven, herb mincer, kitchen utensils, mortar and pestle, new clothes, new years, starting over
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Remove the Sting
A couple years ago as I worked in my rock garden, a bee settled on my arm and plunged its poisoned arrow into my flesh. Ever the girl scout, I whipped out my Swiss Army knife, opened it, and scraped … Continue reading
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Tagged bee stings, burial plots, does positive thinking work, gardening, girl scout, glossy photos, overcoming fears, swiss army knife
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One Thing
At an intimate dinner party for four, we were asked, “What ‘one thing’ would you like to have?” The context was touring art galleries. A quarter of our four was accustomed to visiting showcases, then in the debrief over dinner … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty of the lord, days of my life, goals, intimate dinner party, one thing have I desired, psalm 27, wisdom
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Tracking Change
Does everyone think about recording significant events, or is the notation instinct peculiar to writers? When I found my first gray hair, when I saw the first indisputable age-related wrinkle on my face — these and other signs I thought … Continue reading
We’re Going Crazy
Did it catch your attention that OJ Simpson and Claus von Bülow made news during the same week? Claus’s ex-wife, Sunny von Bülow died December 6 at age 76, having been in a coma since she was 48. Claus was … Continue reading
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Makeover Hell
Everyone loves a makeover, right? “Not so much,” say Internet marketers. They never go as smoothly as anticipated. One glitch is wonderful. It beats 17 glitches. I’d just gotten used to the lovely refreshing “green leaf” WordPress blog theme, when … Continue reading
Inner Tube Art
I am always doing things I can’t do, that’s how I get to do them. Pablo Picasso I’ve enjoyed this saying from Picasso since I first heard it. A paraphrase I found on the Internet suggested the meaning is “that’s … Continue reading
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Go Ahead: Change Your Socks
Making money online and off should be easy. And it is if you enjoy work—and know the rules. The trouble with learning what to do is that most successful people do not know what it is they did that made … Continue reading
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Crunching Leaves
What do you like to do on Thanksgiving – besides visit with family and friends, and eat? (Cooking is mandatory for some of us!) One of my favorite memories is the after-lunch/dinner hike. If you’re lucky, it takes you through … Continue reading
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Giving Thanks
Wouldn’t it be fun to see how long a list of things we’re thankful for we could make? Could you reach 10 without any effort? How about 100? If your life depended upon it, could you make a list that … Continue reading
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