Hats for sale

A year is 365 days, each day with the same amount of potential as the day before and the day after. The days themselves are neutral blocks of time, but what we do during each moment and our perceptions of the results of our deeds color each day as good, bad, productive, wasteful, exciting, miserable, [...]

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How I spent my summer vacation

“But Summer vacation just started!” you say. Pish posh! Not for me! Mine’s done. I had a total of 4 glorious days this month without my kids around (with copious amounts of thanks to my parents for taking them) and that was my summer vacation because now they are home. Did I go somewhere fun? [...]

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Battle of Midway

Well this is just embarrassing. I wish I could chalk this long lapse in writing up to simply falling off the wagon, but really what happened was that the wagon was nuked. Obliterated. Vaporized. Went supernova. Michael Bay was knocking down my door trying to get the secret to the power behind the explosive destruction [...]

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I like to move it move it

February is like that one piece of clothing you have that on the hanger looks great and you can’t wait to wear it, but when you do put it on, it pulls funny in the armpit or is a little too short in the leg and makes you fidget all day, or the color doesn’t [...]

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Hits and misses

Thanks to everyone who voted and provided me with feedback. I really do appreciate it and will take it into consideration as I move forward. Like I said, I generally have plenty to say, but sitting down to say it and/or picking what to say can be a challenge. Your opinions help. I spoke with [...]

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Not gone, haven’t forgotten

Hello again! I didn’t mean for yet another week and change to slide by, but it has. In the tumult of teeth removal, Christmas preparations & field trips, the first (and now second) snow of the season, my new drawing class, and K leaving yet again, my brain has been everywhere and unable to really [...]

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Familiar ground

Lots to catch up on again—I decided to take a little time off from writing to readjust to having K. home for this short break. Some things were easier to adjust to than others. I’m just not good at shifting gears repeatedly or in quick succession. Needless to say, I make things complicated. For instance, [...]

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Little things

Thanksgiving is approaching and I am generally not one of those people who gets particularly sappy about the holiday. Of course I am thankful for the big things: family, friends I can count on, good health, my relative sanity, the Internets (and all the many devices that connect me to it), and a roof over [...]

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Get the funk out

Looks like I have some catching up to do. I wasn’t expecting to have “one of those” weeks right off the bat, but there it was. It was as if instead of the planets and/or stars aligning, black holes and antimatter fell into place. Of course, that’s a little melodramatic, but there was definitely a [...]

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Zoomies in 3…2…1

When my dog, Casey, has too much energy built up, he gets what I call “zoomies.” He charges at top speed around the yard or through the woods like he’s chasing his last meal and sometimes he spins in circles for a few seconds as if in some canine ritualistic dance right before a sacrifice [...]

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