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Diet, Exercise, and Writing, Oh My!
I’ve been struggling with making my retirement an actual retirement and realized recently that I had never fully retired. I went from my state service retirement to working in a casino gift shop (and several other positions within that casino), to working in the shops at the airport, to substitute teaching, and then keeping an… Read more
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Random Book Title Moments
This morning’s coffee moment has me pondering over my desk mess, since I have something like two to-three dozen stories / books in the works, and at perhaps that many story-starts that vie for my attention. I’ll be actively working on one of my stories and a scene will pop into my head that is… Read more
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Someday I’ll Wash Away the Fingerprints
My Littles visited this past weekend and though I try to streamline cleanup and chaos, there is still the aftermath from each of their visits. There are water bottles, towels, sheets, pajamas, and of course, fingerprints on everything from their little hands (one time, one of my Littles even licked the sliding glass door to… Read more
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Charlie Kirk – “Formidable?”
Yes, “Formidable” was the first word that came to my mind to describe Charlie Kirk after I saw the first of many of his podcasts. I realized I was witnessing greatness as I watched the outspokenness of someone who publicly wore his faith and beliefs like armor. He was so steadfast in his convictions! This… Read more
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Take the Win!
Saturdays are ‘weigh-in’ days for me, so this morning (before coffee), I jumped on the scale, cringing because it has been unmovable. Well today it reflected a loss of 2/10ths of a pound. Instead of celebrating, I immediately thought, “Only 2/10ths???” But then, on my way to pour my morning coffee, I remembered just how… Read more