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Knots
I remember my dad packing a bunch of something in the back of a truck with me. I don’t know if it was one of the many times I moved, or a vacation, or…
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Tangibles and Intangibles
This week, my husband pointed out that our kousa dogwood had its first ever blossoms. Several years ago my mother-in-law, knowing that I really wanted one, came to visit and presented me with a…
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Evolution of Grief
This week has been a hard one. I saw this picture of the evolution of grief. It’s just meme psychology, of course, oversimplifying something really complicated. But the idea I liked was this: grief…
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Such a friendly person
The other day, I was grabbing a coffee with a mom friend of mine. I got into a conversation with the woman behind the counter about eyewear: contacts versus glasses, bifocals, the cost of…
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Collecting a Pile of Stuff
I have meandered back and forth from my original intention here – which was to document the new things I do this year. One thing I was interested in was planning some kind of…
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Pastry cubes and the Art of the Little Treat
Let me begin by saying congratulations to Pope Leo XIV! I’m very excited to see our new American/Peruvian Pope in action and I wish him the best. I’ve been having trouble wording today, so…
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Spring Check-in: Four months
In February, I posted a two month check in so I decided to try that again. It was a nice mile marker for me. I used to really love doing my annual review at…
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Stories from Earth Day
This week was the 55th Earth Day, and aside from some fun social media posts, and participating in my annual Town Wide Cleanup for the 3rd year in a row, I didn’t think too…
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Heavenly Birthday
This Sunday, during Easter celebrations, my Dad will celebrate his first heavenly birthday, turning 77 on the other side. Fitting in a lot of ways – he passed on Christmas Eve, the day before…
Rediscovering magic in the everyday.
A Year of Firsts 