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When I was at NIU (the second time) studying Visual Communications, we were assigned a metaphor project. It proved challenging to a lot of us. What exactly is a metaphor and how can we show it visually?! A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object
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We all know to stop and smell the roses. We all know it’s the little things in life that mean the most. And we all know, all too well, that life is short. On April 16th, I drove down to Bloomington to visit with my Aunt Rosemary. I’d been apprised of her failing health, but
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It is with wounded heart, weeping eyes, and hitching breath that I type this. We lost our beloved pup, Nellie Fox, last week after thirteen long and wonderful years and a quick and failing decline. We bought her from a Pembroke Welsh Corgi breeder in Harvard, Illinois, Labor Day weekend, 2003. To discourage an impulse buy, I
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My BB turned one last week. At his party, someone mentioned they thought it was cute that I called him BB. In the beginning, when we found out my daughter and her husband were expecting, BB was just “text speak” for baby. As in, they’re having a BB, squeeeeee! Then we found out it was
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We all want to make a difference, touch someone’s life, be remembered. I’d like to think I’m going to write and publish a best-selling novel that will resonate and help keep my memory alive long after I’m gone. But that’s a big thing. Of course, my children are a legacy I am proud of and
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As September comes to a close, I fear that doorknob veggie season has passed…. A wise man once asked me, “What do you call a person with no tomatoes in August?” “Friendless,” he answered. I am not a gardener. I do not have a green thumb. I have no inclination towards digging in the dirt.
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It’s been sixteen years since we bought our first computer. It was a splurge for our tenth anniversary. Computers have come a long way in the last sixteen years… more accommodating and totally integral. The first thing I did with our new ‘toy’ was google my name. (Who is surprised?) That seems like forever ago!
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I am the Theme Queen. Self-appointed, perhaps, but it is a legacy I have earned and although not everyone gets it, no one would deny it. Fun fairs, Galas, Birthday Parties, Bunco—to me, a gathering and a theme go hand in hand. Oh, you’re having a party? That’s so funny, I’m having a theme party!
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I’ve come across several articles lately that have focused on the reevaluation of Autism diagnosis. Calling it Autism Spectrum Disorder, health care providers have broken down the complex developmental disability that causes problems with social interaction and communication into three categories. My focus here is not to delve into the mysteries of Autism, but to
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