It’s all about You
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In this time of isolated binding–housebound, carbound, cubiclebound, etc, you’ve got plenty of time to listen to great tunage. My last “social” event was The Unlikely Candidates concert at The Bluebird Theater in Denver. We really could not have had a better send off to quarantine. The bands played well–rocked the house. They were personable…
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Just kidding. IT’S REAL LIFE! As a fiction author who has dabbled with post-apocalyptic and dystopian themes, I am both fascinated and freaked out. Which is fascinating in its own way. You just can’t do this kind of research from a distance. You can Google potential, you can imagine and expound based on limited personal…
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I received a subscription to MasterClass for Christmas. I immediately went through the list of many offerings and compiled a wish list of classes I’d like to take. For those of you who are not familiar, MasterClass offers online classes on topics like Film & TV, Culinary Arts, Writing, Business, Photography, and Fashion. They are…
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If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and by that, I mean, what you meant to do versus what you did, I think it’s because priorities are fluid. They change. We WANT to do first things first. We HOPE to do first things first. We TRY to do first things first, but…
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I really want to share some #DonutFire stories with you! But first, I need you to be receptive of them. It’s important that you have an open sense of humor and are willing to see the fun in potential disaster. Your perception is influenced by personal experience, education, culture, values, and other environmental factors. These…
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I have several ideas for posts about Social Media and how they impact our daily lives. Today I want to focus on photographs. Scrolling through my Facebook stream this morning, as I do every morning (full disclosure–as I do every five minutes or so), I read posts of pride, grieving, outrage, support, and humor. Some…
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I want to say thank you to everyone who has shared a “Thanks, Gifts, and Giving” story with me. I hope to run them next Monday. Consider this your tissue warning. To kick off the story sharing, I thought I’d offer my own tale of a personal gift that inspires humor and fond memories. A…
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I read an article in the Chicago Tribune this past Sunday that literally moved me to tears. Full disclosure, that’s not actually saying much, I’m kind of a crybaby. BUT STILL. The article, titled “The Gifts that Stay with us for a Lifetime” by Heidi Stevens, was about the best gifts that people have received.…
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Having adjusted our clocks and lifestyles by an hour this past weekend, I thought it might be interesting to share a few fun facts about Daylight Saving Time (DST). Fun Fact #1 We are currently on Standard Time NOT Daylight Saving Time. That means, THIS is the Correct Time, lol. Also, it’s Daylight SAVING Time,…
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Newton’s third law of motion states, “A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.” But also– A body not in motion tends to stay there, too. Lethargy begets hebetude begets apathy begets slothfulness. Talk to me in February after a long, dark, dreary winter. Or, you know, after too…
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