• An addendum to last week’s blog lends itself perfectly to this week’s letter of the In Print ABC Blog Post Challenge: My rant about the ass, you, and me of “obviously” stemmed from news coverage I caught the day of the Boston Marathon bombing. Even though at that point in the day very little actual…

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  • I have come to realize that the word “obviously” is a lot like the word assume. Not in its meaning, but in that asses seem to use it. Do you know what I mean? Think about it—conjure a sentence which uses “obviously.” Isn’t there a tone? An underlying implication? Maybe it’s just me. Obviously, it’s…

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  • Networking

    Fresh from four days at the Writers’ Institute conference in Madison—wait, let me amend that, because quite frankly, after four days of conferencing, there’s nothing fresh about me! I am exhausted. Physically, mentally, emotionally. My mind is overflowing with industry information. You know how you need a vacation after your vacation? Well, I’m going to need a…

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  • Me me me meme

    And now, the ABC Blogging Challenge week we’ve all been waiting for… (drum roll please) M is for MEME! (what could be better than ‘me’ times two?!) Really, though, I think this is going to be a fun one. If you’re on the internet, at all, ever, and I mean, even for two seconds a…

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  • LOL

    I came late to the LOL movement. I was (and greatly still am) a Haha gal. Sometimes heh heh, or heehee, depending upon what I’m referencing. But mostly I Haha. Recently I caught myself *literally* laughing out loud at some post. Now, I’m sure this isn’t the first time that’s happened, it probably happens all…

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  • Kale Chips

    I’ll admit it, if it wasn’t for the In Print ABC Blogging Challenge I would probably never be blogging about Kale Chips, but considering I have tried these not once, not twice, but THREE times recently, it was inevitable that with K week comes Kale. I had heard great things about Kale Chips—the homemade healthy…

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  • Just a small town girl

    Livin’ in a lonely world, she took the midnight train going anywhere~ I love the band Journey. Why does that feel like a confession? Like something I should be ashamed of? Like something I should never ever admit in mixed company. Or company of any kind. J is for guilty pleasures, er I mean, Journey…

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  • I Blog

    I Blog! I love it—it’s my week 9 of the In Print ABC Blogging Challenge, http://inprintwriters.com/2013/01/12/the-abc-blog-post-challenge/ and even though I’m not blogging about blogging, I couldn’t resist the title. Instead, I’d like to introduce, I is for the Interwebs Isn’t that what the “old” people call it? You know, your grandma and great aunt Ethel.…

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  • An Extra Hand

    or ten or twenty… I do! I find hands fascinating… their shape, their dexterity, their abilities… I think it’s interesting what you can tell about a person from their hands. Hands hold so much meaning– they’re capable of great communications. I have quite the collection. I don’t have a “hand” display, but you can find…

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  • Putting the Therapy in Retail

    Did you know the average American spends approximately two hours a week grocery shopping? Most of the people I know are in and out shoppers, several visits a week but in much shorter increments. Then there are those that find solace in the aisles, meandering up and down. Those are mostly new moms on an…

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