There is a question that writers are asked often, ‘Are you a planner or a pantser?’ Neither JoHn (a.k.a., The Nearly Perfect Husband), nor... Read More
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… on touching grass (and me… and you)
Kids these days – and by kids I mean my thirty-something first born – have a saying that goes something like/exactly like, “touch grass”.... Read More
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… on poop day 2014 (an oldie but a goodie)
Note: Today, whilst coming through the back yard after our walk, I sidestepped one of Belle’s ‘winter’s gifts’. Now that there is no snow... Read More
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… on a garden from the inside out
Years ago, a former neighbor’s daughter-in-law (perhaps in her late sixties at the time (though I am terrible at guessing someone’s age (she could... Read More
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… on pointy teeth and full hearts
For many years (a little more than 33 in fact), whenever anyone else asked what it was like to be a mother – or... Read More
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… on inside-out beauty
Just now, a male cardinal flew to the top of the wrought iron shepherds crook that holds my bird feeder – the one with... Read More
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… on a wake of friends
Yesterday, I went to the wake for a friend. That doesn’t quite capture it. Yesterday I joined a wake of friends… and family… and... Read More
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… on christmas spirit in practice
Setting: Early morning. The Elves on the Shelves – there are two of them – have come to Auntie Awesome Lisa’s* country (yes, I... Read More
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… more on that magic continuing
“To all those who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here, age relives fond memories of the past, and here... Read More
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… and the magic continues
Oh hi! I’m a bit busy nana-ing in a corner of the world where it’s really fun to be Nana. I promise to check... Read More
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… on autumn falling and what the…
Oh how I love this time of year. Crispness paddles out slowly in mid to late August, riding the waves of air in during... Read More
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… on quieting (just in case)
The Morning After… it’s so quiet. A friend noted, in a comment last night, that this might be due to a certain missing heartbeat.... Read More