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Go jump in a lake…
The New Year seems like it should be a time of year when people can slow down and take stock. This year, it seems like there is no slowing. The world continues to…
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of a song…
I listen to a lot of music while I’m writing. I have mixes I’ve come up with over the years, they range in variety and texture. I’ve named my mixes, because it’s what…
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Tiny victories…
Life is made up of small victories. I know a thousand people have said that in a thousand different ways over the years. From philosophers to poets to dietitians. And it seems to…
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Simple Story…
I just finished Maria Semple’s book Where’d you go, Bernadette: A Novel. I loved it, because it was funny, quick, and because Maria Semple was a writer on Mad About You and Arrested Development,…
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The coming war among the stars…
I married a Star Wars lover and because of that or by process of osmosis or the Force; that love has seeped into my blood.
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Freaks in Alleys
Ars Gratia Artis. A few things. I took Latin in High School. I did it because no other language interested me. Spanish so I could actually communicate with another human being that is…
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There is nature in my backyard…
The snake hissed angrily. A large striped, unwanted fiend that was attempting to take up residence. Across from the snake, the dog stood growling, a rabid monster ready to pounce. I slowly backed…