I’ve grown to love Wednesday mornings, the day my weekly blog is published. I wake to the WordPress notification… “your stats are booming”. I welcome new website subscribers, typically now, people I’ve never met. My personal email inbox is full and public comments begin to hit. My hot coffee tastes even better as I admire my work, and notice my…
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It’s Not About You.
One of the silver linings during this pandemic has been more time to read. I’ve never been a book reader, in spite of Doug’s disciplined example every night, until I discovered audible. I’ve become ravenous. My current read goes with me to walk, run an errand, or wait in line at the grocery store. After finishing one book, the audible…
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Don’t take the Bait
Mother’s Day Today, as I write, it’s Mother’s Day. And it feels heavy. Ian is coming home to make me dinner. Thanks to his assistant Sheri, who is both his memory and his thoughtfulness. Pulling it off though, will require all of us. But, we’re used to that — the dance of making things seem normal. A week ago…
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Elective Surgery
I’ve been trying to both name and tame my chronic symptoms for days now. Why does it feel as if I’m on the stove simmering on the brink of a boil? I call it the covid funk. And from what I can tell, we all have it even though our symptoms may be different. The Stepford Wives Do you remember…
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Work in Process
Nothing, I repeat nothing exposes a control freak quite like someone telling you what to do in the face uncertainty. I admit it y’all, I’m not doing all that well. This pandemic is to blame for my ‘just-below-the-surface-witch-i-ness’. Am I the only one? Unscathed To be honest, when I take the time to consider how unscathed I have been as a…
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