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November 18, 2015
Yes, it's giveaway time. Read on! It's not January, but I'm thinking about how badly I need to get organized. Maybe you've had the same thought? Now that I've retired...
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32 Comments · Blog, Reviews

How to survive home for the holidays

November 17, 2015
Ah, the romance of home for the holidays. NOT. For some the holidays are full of sweet family togetherness, joy and love.   Not for you? Me neither. Never was. I...
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Reconsidering options in a world under attack

November 16, 2015
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It was a crisp, sunny blue-sky day in northern California. We’d spent the entire morning planning a three-week trip to France with friends for 2017. Emails flew back...
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38 Comments · Blog, Travel

Everything does happen for a reason

November 13, 2015
The other day I read a long diatribe against the concept that "everything happens for a reason." The writer railed on about how there is no reason for bad things...
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23 Comments · Blog, Soul School

What you should know before you rent a vacation home

November 12, 2015
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I've rented vacation homes from Rome to Key West to London, San Francisco, Santa Fe and, well, several other places. Now that Air B&B has become the next big...
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Inspiring, uplifting pet adoption stories

November 11, 2015
pet-adoption
We're celebrating pet adoptions and rescue pets today, a post Riley encouraged me to do. He believes in pet adoption 100% and wanted you to hear some stories about some...
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23 Comments · Blog, Dogs

Does my bad luck continue?

November 10, 2015
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Luck and the Rule of Threes: Part Two (conclusion) When we closed yesterday's chapter, my water heater had sprung a huge leak late one night, but I was leaving the...
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Luck & the Rule of Threes

November 9, 2015
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Luck and the Rule of Threes: Part 1 Eleven years. That’s how long ago this happened and I wrote it. Eleven years. So much has changed since then, but one thing...
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Who is Ganesh?

November 8, 2015
Ganesh
Ganesh looks like a cute happy elephant, but he's more than that.  The elephant-headed deity is one of the most revered gods in Hinduism. We saw him all over India, and...
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15 Comments · Blog, Soul School

Be curious, be awestruck

November 7, 2015
When do we really get old?  What is old, really? Is it when we turn 70? 80? 90? It's not an age at all. I think it's when we lose our curiosity and our ability to be...
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