Category: About Me
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Joy…
In honor of Labor Day, here is a repost from a while back. I hope you enjoy… Of all the things you choose to do each day, I hope joy is your companion. Sing while you wash the dishes. Fling flour while baking, then dance when you clean up the mess. May you have opportunities…
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Wednesday Blogs Have Moved…
To all who follow and peek at my blog, please find the Wednesday posts at their new location – Substack. Here is a link to my site, “Confessions of a Creative” where I post midweek. I’ll continue to send inspirational short blogs and quotes on this page Mondays and Fridays. Thanks, especially for reading, sharing…
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Adventure Awaits…
I love adventures. Friends have hiked the Camino de Santiago in Spain or climbed ancient steps to Machu Pichu. One day I may add them to my own big escapades that include exploring the underground villages of Cappadocia and the sacred churches of Lalibela. While some adventures stand out as exciting or unusual, they don’t…
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Making Space…
My cup runneth over with family time, friend time, and fun time until the richness and goodness of social gatherings spill over to excess. It’s all good, but eventually one needs space to breathe and just be. For me, that looks like reading or playing piano or walking for no other purpose than to be…
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Midnight Alarms…
My deep sleep was interrupted recently by a fire truck beeping, backing up in front of our house. There’s something jarring about a surprise fire department visit, especially in the middle of the night. Turns out, it was a false alarm and neighborhood texts confirmed there was no danger. Still, I wandered around in that…
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It’s Not That Complicated…
Today I offer you a brief opinion piece I wrote during a recent writing class. The prompt was “It’s not that complicated,” and we were given twenty minutes to write. While I could embellish, clean up and tighten the writing, I am merely posting it here to illustrate the power of quick writing to a…
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Perfection is Overrated…
Perfection is a red juicy apple. Until you bite into it. One holiday season I packed away some wax fruit to make way for holiday decorations. I threw them all in a paper bag to store in the attic and forgot about it until I returned to the attic, months later. I was surprised to…
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Take Heat, Take Heart…
To my northern friends who suffer seasonal jealousy of our temperate southern winters, it’s payback time. Morning walks in Memorial Park are HOT from the get-go with a warm, moist towel of humidity wrapping around you. Returning to a home that has the AC set at a previously uncomfortable high is some relief. I earnestly…
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