It’s all about me
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and you know what that means, right? Whatever YOU need it to mean! Sure, we’re a mere 21 days from ChristmasWhich leaves us 28 days from a New YearWith barely 15 business days (including today) ’til the EveAnd as best as I can tell, about the exact same until winter break. That’s not a lot
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I’m not one of those fancy themed-tree people. My Christmas trees are collections of years of kids’ crafts, photos, gifts, sale items, and freebies. My style is chaotic and random. Wherever there is a space on the tree, the next ornament goes. I have matching personalized glitter balls that were gifted in 1988 and the
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I’m posting my Monday blog on Tuesday because my birthday was Sunday. Got that? Makes more sense when I tell you I was in Milwaukee overnight for a Jonathan Richman show in celebration of my birthday and our Rich(man) history. I’ve been a fan since my then boyfriend, Dave, introduced me in 1985. Over the
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I recently bought two paperback books from the library bookshelf sale. The first, called Dog Songs, is a New York Times bestselling book of poems by Mary Oliver. It won the Pulitzer Prize. The other, Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct, by P. M. Forni, apparently has no cover-worthy accolades. Dog Songs was
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*I’m sorry to say Mr. Whinna passed away the day after this post went live. I hope he knows how much he inspired me and many others. I honestly believe he does. ~ ~ ~ I remember having an architecture assignment in high school that required me to create my dream house. I worked so
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At the Writers’ Police Academy, which I wrote about a few weeks ago, one of my sessions was on Handcuffs. As previously mentioned, the class itself was interesting, informational, and delivered in an engaging way. But what truly stuck with me was the instructors use of teaching tools based on his own personal experiences (aka
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Or at least see them on occassion. So, we did a thing:1 Day2 Stages7 Bands10 Hours24,000 People That thing was the Tailgate & Tallboys Music Festival in Bloomington, Illinois.June 17, 2023Lakeview, Lily Rose, Josh Ross, Alexandra Kay, Warren Zeiders, Jelly Roll, and Nickelback. Yes, that Nickelback.It’s both kind of a joke and kinda cool that
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The impetus for today’s post was based on finding a bag of Easter basket goodies that I bought this year and then forgot about. Being non-perishable, I was going to pack them up for next year. Then I reconsidered. Now is good, I told myself. So I passed the items on. Then I thought, “Now
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