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It’s all just soooooo easy

Recently, an acquaintance said to me, “It’s just not fair. Everything comes so easily to you. You’re lucky.*” I just stared back at her, biting my tongue. It does? I am? I know I’m blessed. I do. I have a wonderful husband who is my best friend, and I have awesome kidlings who make me...

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A closet full of “what if?”

Many people have skeletons in their closets. I do not, not really. I’ve aired all my “dirty laundry” – and then some. What I have is a closet full of “what ifs.” I mean this both literally and figuratively. Pushed to the back of my real closet of real things are items of clothing I...

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I’m not allowed to say anything

I could tell you that he never chose to be without you, But I’m not allowed to say anything I could tell you that he’s amazing and loving and funny, But I’m not allowed to say anything I could tell you he stepped in for three and never stepped away from one, But I’m not...

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Morning Pages

(Hark! Two blog posts in one day!) Okay, here we go. I decided to start my Morning Pages again today. Well, I decided yesterday to start them yesterday, but as happens so often, I got busy preparing for other things and forgot. But I want to write a lot again. I want to write here...

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Go the other way

If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time. -Author Unknown

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365 Days 23-28

Day 23 – Sometimes Mr. & Mrs. Troll are just weird. Day 24 – It was a…bad day. That is all. Day 25 – What happened is, I was trying to be funny and I didn’t know the phone would delete the original photo, and then I didn’t know it would be so freakin’ tiny!...

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Hi ho, hi ho, home to work I go

In two weeks, I will be home again. For real. For good. (I hope.) I’m taking a leap of faith and leaving my job. I will not hunt for a new job. I will instead dive completely into my writing and photography business. I am also taking leave from school. I have not decided at...

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Marked for Death

I was at a public park this weekend for a public event. The day was wet and cold, and so in an attempt to warm up, I began to walk around to take shots of the park and the event. As I rounded the corner behind the pavilion where the event people were, some shady...

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The one where I do a little name-dropping: part trees*

*That’s kind of an inside joke. I think my eldest son will get it. If only he loved me enough to even read my blog. Alas… Whoa there, partner! Have you even read the other parts? Go do that first. Part One — Part Two Day Two Lunch Walked in. Immediately saw table with agent’s...

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The one where I do a little name-dropping: part dos

It’s taking me forever to share my Pikes Peak Writers Conference experience. Alas, life is busy. However, after Saturday it will be all writing and photography (and laundry and vacuuming and playing with dogs) all the time. Plans – I haz ‘dem! Day Two I was so inspired by the first day, I almost wanted...

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This blog has totally gone to the dogs

I shall call my next hit ‘zine: “The Writing Parent of Fur Babies — How to Juggle Writing and Playing Ball So As Not To Get THIS Look” “Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve...

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The one where I do a little name-dropping: part uno

The Pikes Peak Writers Conference was AMAZING! It was my first ever, and I am so grateful to the Pikes Peak Writers for the scholarship. I wouldn’t have been able to attend otherwise. I know no one ever has to know that I went for free, but the truth is, I’m okay with it. I...

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