Tag: welcome to a part of my world
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May 14, 2008 10:12 AM EDT --
I'm just venting and also enjoying life in general. Now that I'm past the general bustle of pre-traumatic and post-traumatic stress, I am calm so I can write about this.
Basically: . . . more
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May 15, 2008 02:48 AM EDT --
But I guess especially those of you whose mothers are now gone and those of you who miss them deeply - how do you bear it? How did you cope? Maybe it is pre-grieving but as my mother ages and we move from . . . more
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June 14, 2008 09:28 PM EDT --
As a writer, I used to dread deadlines. I'm still not crazy about them, although I like to get the paychecks. Sometimes I moan or kvetch. A friend explained the meaning of that word - kvetch. . . . more
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September 14, 2008 02:47 PM EDT --
There is a wind and rain advisory here in the midwest. It is nothing compared to what those in Texas went through but it is still a bit spooky, with high winds and lots of rain. All my garden pots are . . . more
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May 19, 2008 10:43 PM EDT --
I have been searching for the right word to find to describe marriage and divorce and everything in between (living together, trial separations, estrangements) and the closest approximation is this: an . . . more
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May 29, 2008 02:25 AM EDT --
While chatting online, I was told about this by a friend, almost as an aside, that author and illustrator Lynda Barry was giving a workshop in Chicago this August. The title: Writing the Unthinkable. . . . more
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June 06, 2008 10:54 PM EDT --
We learned today (May 30) that the FDA just amended regulation 21 CRF2.125. Bottom line? December 31, 2008, is when sales of all old CFC inhalers must stop and consumers, including asthma sufferers, . . . more
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July 10, 2008 06:55 PM EDT --
The first year of high school was hellish, a complete change from all other grades. I'm considering full or part-time homeschooling and I need to get up to speed quickly. Even if we let our son go . . . more
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August 17, 2008 12:04 AM EDT --
Anything and everything that comes to mind is fine. I've been watching the amazing Michael Phelps and thinking of Mark Spitz. Gymnastics has been interesting since I can still remember Nadia Comaneci's . . . more
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February 20, 2008 05:38 PM EST --
I'm starting this one out by noting that I know there is a lesson here, probably all IN CAPS but whatever it is....well, it has passed me by. Anyway, I was chatting with some of my female friends today . . . more
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March 08, 2008 04:27 PM EST --
Years ago, we had the money to buy one new car with cash. That was a very good thing. We did not have enough save to buy another car with cash outright and we were much younger and this was the situation: . . . more
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May 22, 2008 01:14 AM EDT --
For those who already subscribe to Netflix, you may already be taking advantage of their direct to computer system for movie delivery. Now the company has gone one step further and is offering its millions . . . more
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June 10, 2008 12:50 PM EDT --
You know the weather has take a bad turn. Days and days of rain and finally....my computer connection may hold today. So what is it doing in YOUR part of the world? Calm or are you having earthquakes, . . . more
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June 15, 2008 03:05 PM EDT --
Frank Muller, a master reader of audiobooks, died on June 4, 2008 at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina (source: Frank Muller homepage at : www.frankmullerhome.com/ ) I was greatly . . . more
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June 21, 2008 12:12 PM EDT --
I figured there ought to be more to this than a title so I thought I'd throw something in here but I'd really like to know what you are doing - what you are cooking, books you've read, movies . . . more
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June 25, 2008 07:22 PM EDT --
I am too traumatized to add anything to that title. I'm going to assume most people here have had their share of home maintenance trauma and canadd details.
It all started relatively calmly (as . . . more
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June 09, 2008 11:25 PM EDT --
We are gardening in a big way this year and....amazingly...everything is doing well. I've been a bit worried about how much sun to give my tomatoes and I'm discovering that the cherry tomatoes . . . more
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April 30, 2008 07:47 AM EDT --
I wrote an article the other day on Gather about people who were stockpiling food and included links to related articles in the Wall Street Journal. I've been reading the book Pantry Cooking (author: . . . more
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April 30, 2008 03:01 PM EDT --
Have you see the info and statistics on that? More to the point, are you among that group of people? You can see the the article and info here: <a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_bi_ge/cashing_out_the_attic>People . . . more
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May 01, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
So what else could I do but write about it?
Minutes ago (really, just minutes ago) the phone rang. It was a call from an unlisted or private number so I can't tell you exactly who called me. . . . more
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