Mary Lamphere
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Let’s talk about books, baby Let’s talk about you and me Let’s talk about all the good things And the bad things that may be Let’s talk about books With much thanks to Salt-N-Pepa, let’s talk about books. What am I reading? Would I recommend it? And why? I just finished the audio of Wool
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Happy New Year. Happy fresh start. Happy do-over. Or redo-over. Or do-new. 2016 was quite a year. These are just words on a screen. Any tone you read was drawn of your own implication. But you did read that with tone, didn’t you? You couldn’t help it. It was quite a year. To be fair,
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I love a fresh start. A blank page, a white canvas, a new year. They hold so much promise. I’m not so concerned with traditional “resolutions” this new year, although I do resolve to get things done. There’re a lot of things I think about doing that I just never seem to get to. For
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Congratulations! You have officially survived Christmas. All those weeks of planning, prepping, buying, baking, carding, cleaning, and wrapping have paid off. (in the words of those oh-so-popular-this-time-of-year infomercials) BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! The myriad of things you didn’t get done have come due. For every Christmas accomplishment, there was an, “Oh, I’ll do that after Christmas,” or a,
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I truly believe there is only so much you can know at any given time. I’m pretty sure I’m at capacity, which is why I’m so forgetful. At my age, every time I learn something new, something else gets pushed out. It’s a pretty common theory amongst the absentminded. And the aging. It’s amazing what
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It’s no secret that the idea of driving in the snow freaks me out. I had plans for last night! Plans* which my phobia cancelled. I don’t hate snow. As a matter of fact, I really enjoy a good snow. The kind with the big fat flakes that fall lazily from the sky, dotting the land with
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“THE SKY IS FALLING!” said Chicken Little. And some believed him. Disaster must be imminent; the baby bird said so. But read on… And don’t believe everything you are told. Even if you want to. “WOLF!” the boy cried. And some believed him. There must be a threat to the flock; the young shepherd said so.
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Today I had the honor of participating in a discussion about Journaling at the Forest Hills Country Club. Hosted by the Rockford Network of Professional Women and facilitated by Kelly Epperson Simmons, I was part of an impressive panel that included guests Melanie Perry and Gabrielle Javier-Cerulli. This experience in one word? WOW. Now, there are any
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Surprise! This is not a political rant! No, it’s more of a public service announcement. I’m here to remind you to CHOOSE YOUR WORDS CAREFULLY when doing an internet search. Internet searches are nothing new (anymore). We’ve all done them–Google is a verb, for goodness sake! And we
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It’s November and with November comes National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo for short. NaNo for shorter. This is the sixth year I’ve participated. I LOVE NANO. I like having an external deadline, November 30, and an expected outcome, 50,000 words. I like being forced to make time to accommodate those goals. I like the camaraderie of other
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