Let’s Try This Again

A year ago or more, I decided that I didn’t have time to update this page regularly, so I bowed out. But over the past several weeks, I’ve found myself with quite a few new things to say and nowhere significant to say them. (Two of the magazines I was writing for have ceased publication [...]

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I’m in Love with a Pedometer (WFMW)

I knew I wasn’t an especially active person. I work out of my home for the most part, and much of my time is spent in a chair, staring at the computer (like now). But it wasn’t until I clipped a rather small, benign-looking gadget to my hip that I realized how sedative [...]

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So Far This Morning …

I woke to a misty sky and snow-covered ground, though it was in the 60s just yesterday.
Once the sun had made its way through the haze, brightening the trees and tinting our dirt road yellow, the snow began to melt and disappear.
Before it had gone completely, more snow was falling.
The sun eventually turned the snow [...]

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Book Reviews Updated

I’ve been long overdue in updating my book reviews, and I’ve been a frequent guest at the library lately.
Recently added reviews (in no particular order, just what’s popping into my head!):
The Glass Castle
As I Lay Dying
The Whistling Season
Of Mice and Men
A Separate Peace
Coming soon:
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Light in August

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Great Advice

Some days I’ve got little to nothing in my noggin, and today is one of those days. Rather than leaving you without something new to read, I shall defer to Diane Sollee, Director of CMFCE and Smart Marriages.
Love Lessons from the Smart Marriages® Conference
by Diane Sollee
We know communication is important, but just how do [...]

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Identity Theft Scam

Thought you’d want to know about this: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

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