Tag: life
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half birthdays
Everybody should celebrate their half birthday, especially when it falls on a holiday. In addition to my traditional halving lunch with a friend, 1/2 dozen roses, 1/2 gallon ice cream, watering 1/2 my plants, etc., this year, I am preparing to get myself something special. Finding out Mahjong is very popular here, I thought I…
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becoming a detourist
“Sometimes the best way to find yourself is to just get lost.” So says Amy Oestreicher in Creativity and Gratitude (2021). Interesting concept. Is it possible to “relish life’s detours”? I’m about to find out as I embark on a journey discovering how a ninety degree turn in life can metamorpihize into beautiful, new opportunities,…
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madness
“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.“You must be,” said the cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”(Alice in Wonderland) Yes, today’s topic is madness. Perhaps you would like to join me for a trip down the rabbit hole. Just to let you know, this is not…
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knitting blind
Like my mother before me, and my grandmother before her, I come from a long line of knitters. I, however, have added a new, though unwanted twist – visual impairment (due to multiple retina surgeries and complications). Having not attempted (a heretofore relaxing hobby) for over a year, something possessed me to take up my…
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my paragon
That would be Erma Bombeck. I’ve had a desire to emulate her style of writing since experiencing motherhood firsthand. My sister even sent me information to enter the contest held in her honor, but being in the middle of some life crisis or other, it didn’t happen. Hoping to be inspired again, I treated myself…
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monday morning
I’ve been racking my brain, trying to think of something to entertain you. The best I can come up with is a public service announcement: “Take Care of Your Vision.” This will help you avoid some of my experiences, including:– overflowing the water revisor in my Keurig– putting spaghetti into the pot and missing– wearing…
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the unibrow
I’ve fought my bushy eyebrows which meet in the middle of my nose all of my life. And now, from watching the tv series, Elementary, I know I’ve inherited from my father a syndrome, synophrys. Learning of this prompted me to do some research. I found out eyebrows are not just a beauty fascination; they…
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happy monday
Last week was a bit difficult for me. In writing my other blog, I dredged up memories I thought I had processed and moved forward from. As I typed out my family experiences growing up, and the clinical applications of addictive families, I was surprised at becoming so emotional. Allowing my mind to wander among…
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i’ll take Rubens
It’s Friday and I am going to have to rant a little bit. I am so tired of America’s obsession with ultra thin, anorexic glorification, while bombarding us with unhealthy food ads and unattainable photoshopped goddesses of thinness. Full disclosure, I have spent most of my life watching my weight climbing up and down the…
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