MARY LAMPHERE AUTHOR

  • Ordinary Miracles

    A Facebook friend posted a status update the other day wishing everyone a day full of ordinary miracles. She went on to list several examples: your keys and phone right where you left them…all green lights…a favorite song on the radio…a Rock Star parking spot…a phone call from an old friend…the fastest line at the grocery store…an unexpected…

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  • When Bucking the Trend Becomes the Trend

    Trending, trending, trending… It’s how we get our news, make our fashion decisions and decide what to eat. What would we do without trends? Be objectively informed, comfortably clothed, and full? Naw, never happen. I am so over trending beards. Thick fluffy, fuzzy, down-the-neck, bushy faced beards. Ugh.               You,…

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  • When the Party’s Over

    So, I’m kind of free-falling now, feeling adrift. Word of Art 2 has come to a close and a very dedicated three months of my life has passed. As with the weddings and receptions and graduation parties and reunions and basically every other thing I’ve ever focused on from conception to completion, I’m torn. They…

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  • The Breakdown

    I run my life by the breakdown. If I need a new pair of shoes, well, I need a new pair of shoes. Can’t not have shoes, right? But how much will I spend for what I’ll get? First of all, I’m not a shoe person. I have no fetish, no style, no use for…

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  • When Inanimate Objects Attack

    I have been working A LOT lately. You 9 to 5ers got nothing on me this time of year. (Word of Art 2) I spend many a lengthy shift at the computer talking to myself, reminding myself, correcting myself and laughing at myself for doing all of these things myself. They say writing is a solitary vice,…

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  • The Power to Press Send

    That “Enter” key sure can be intimidating. It shouldn’t be, I mean, it’s not even the biggest tile on the board. No big deal, just one of about a hundred keys on a standard keyboard. It can’t have any more importance than the other keys– I mean, Backspace is the same size, higher on the board though, so maybe…

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  • Two Kinds of People

    There are two kinds of people in the world, those that sorry and those that don’t. I sorry. I am always getting grief from those that don’t. “I’m so sorry you’re sick.” Why? You didn’t make me sick. “I’m sorry you got a speeding ticket.” Why? You didn’t pull me over. “I’m sorry you’re game got…

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  • Generation FB

    Facebook has come a long way since its inception. Way back when, thefacebook was meant to be an online student directory. My daughter was a member, but I couldn’t join. It was okay, though, I had myspace. (Did that make you chuckle? Poor myspace.) Twelve years later, we’re ALL Generation FB. How many times a…

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  • TOMI

    TOMI. It stands for Top Of Mind Inspiration and it’s how I try to write each Monday blog. What’s rattling around up there right now? What’s important to me, making me think or causing me pause? Some Mondays I have several ideas. Other Mondays I struggle. I try not to come to the computer overly…

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  • Summer Viewing

    Once upon a time, there were only three, maybe four, television stations. And in the summer, between May Sweeps and September new season kick-off, they only showed live sports or reruns. I know! We’re so far removed from that now, it seems like fiction. Make believe. Not even believable fiction! Four channels? Crazy. Reruns? Like the…

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