How to survive–and thrive–when life hands you o...

March 5, 2022
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If you've reached any adult age at all, you've either seen or experienced how life can turn in the blink of an eye. One moment, and everything has changed. How to...
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7 Comments · Reviews, Writing

How reality shows are really a form of social anthropology

November 30, 2021
Sitting here watching The Hills: New Beginnings I realize that I really AM kind of a social anthropologist. I'm looking at these impossibly beautiful people in an...
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14 Comments · Blog, Reviews

Spring-summer reading list

May 10, 2021
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It's not exactly time for summer beach reads, but if you're looking for something new and different....here's what some of my friends and social media friends are...
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15 Comments · Blog, Reviews

How to find perspective on the pandemic: adapt or die

April 12, 2021
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. ~Charles Darwin Congratulations! A year...
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If you don’t love California you’d better have ...

March 8, 2021
"There have always been idiots," my husband said on our morning walk. "But until the advent of social media, they've never had a platform." We were discussing some of...
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11 Comments · Reviews, Travel

Is it healthy to need your space?

February 22, 2021
I am a person who needs her space. I have always been that person. Always. When my writing class laments the solitude of writing, I celebrate it. When class members...
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Are percolator coffee pots too old-fashioned?

December 28, 2020
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This battered and worn Revere Ware  copper bottomed percolator sat on my mother's stovetop for as long as I can remember. Now, it looks vintage and it IS vintage. As...
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The frustration of talking with those who cannot see

November 16, 2020
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There's a lot of willful ignorance out there. I say "willful" because sometime I sit in disbelief of how people I thought were discerning can hold such dissonant...
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What if you lost your life’s work?

September 21, 2020
What if you'd spent 20 years as an artist and writer whose evocative words and accompanying art touched such a chord they brought you an international following? What...
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Why we should ban tackle football

August 24, 2020
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This is another post written BC--Before Covid. But with so much time on our hands, why not talk about something other than our situation. And of course, it's unlikely...
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