Category Archives: current events/themes

Eating our way through the snowstorm

Posted on February 8, 2019 by

“You’re going to have a lot of fun here,” said the woman, giggling as we entered and she exited the supermarket this morning. We grabbed the last cart and wheeled it toward the produce section. But wait. Where did the … Continue reading →

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What day is today?

Posted on January 2, 2019 by

Happy New Year (on whatever date you celebrate). Here’s hoping your celebration was — or will be — filled with joy, peace and gratitude for waking up to another year. When I began this post, the subject was the calendar … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Christmas– a full-time job

Posted on December 21, 2018 by

It’s been a month since I last blogged, though not since I last wrote.  My November goal was to complete my first draft of my second novel. (When I say this to friends they always ask what happened to the … Continue reading →

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Paring down

Posted on September 24, 2018 by

A sign of the times: a recent issue of “Cooking Light” magazine gives tips to improve readers’ ability to handle stress. These include 1) moving your focus away from undone tasks, 2) limiting your fretting to situations you can control, … Continue reading →

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Happy that some trends are passing me by

Posted on June 20, 2018 by

I’ve reached the stage in life where the thought that some trends are passing me by brings great relief. When I was younger and heard elders talk like I’m talking now I felt disappointment. How could they not want to … Continue reading →

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Year of the Dog

Posted on February 11, 2018 by

This is our year, my husband’s and mine.  It’s the Year of the Dog and we were both born in a canine year. I’ve been writing about these Chinese zodiac creatures for years, but only yesterday did I  understand the … Continue reading →

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Chair fitness: a cure for stress

Posted on February 2, 2018 by

This week, I quit going to a counselor to talk about the anxiety I experience every time I read or hear the name of our President in the media or in conversation with friends. Talking to her was calming and … Continue reading →

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Winter solstice and dreams of summer

Posted on December 21, 2017 by

“The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of pain and withdrawal that produces something joyfully inconceivable, like a monarch butterfly masterfully extracting itself … Continue reading →

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“NaNoWriMo” is over and so is any hope for discipline

Posted on December 3, 2017 by

November was National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo and mispronounced by friends as something like “Nah, No Rhinos.” My first foray into NaNoWriMo took place in November 2011. That year I participated fully, which means I started a … Continue reading →

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My sexual harassment story

Posted on November 21, 2017 by

Although I’ve felt too busy this month to blog, the daily onslaught of accusations of sexual harassment around the world has inspired me to take a break from adding seven hundred words a day to my current novel and share my … Continue reading →

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