Grounded

This morning, I finally pushed myself enough to take a walk.  Not walking the dog around the neighborhood, not with my camera in hand, not with anyone or for any real purpose except to move. Perhaps I decided my message about my walking shoes needed to be a more literal one. A and I used […]

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Hoarding

You know those hoarding shows on television?  The ones where some lonely, pitiful person is in danger of suffocating under piles of old newspapers or cannot use certain rooms or hallways in their house because it’s filled with so much stuff?  I’m not a fan of these shows, and haven’t really watched an entire episode, […]

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It’s Not OK

[This may be difficult for some to read, and is a story that I have rarely told.  Many of those closest to me do not know it, and I have never even shared it with my mother.  My husband is one of the few people in my life who has ever heard it, and he […]

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The Hurricane that Wasn’t (and the Wedding that Was)

It has been quite a whirlwind of activity (no pun intended) these past several days, beginning with Hurricane Matthew breathing down our necks.  The trouble with hurricanes begins with their often highly unpredictable natures.  A small shift in direction or intensity can dramatically change the outcome of their visits. In Matthew’s case, his predicted path […]

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