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I am Fortunate
One of the nice things about life is the ability to learn – to learn new things as well as learn from mistakes and grow from experiences. When my heart is heavy and the future feels bleakly uncertain,...
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Cooking Be Damned
Sure, cooking can enjoyable and fulfilling, connecting me to food and expanding my creativity. But not of late; it simply feels like a ton of effort. After I finished a workout this morning and felt...
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Our Own Worst Enemy
“Very often we are our own worst enemy as we foolishly build stumbling blocks on the path that leads to success and happiness.” - Louis Binstock, American Rabbi “Forgive yourself for the blindness that...
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A Fallow State
fallow: (adj) A crop field left uncultivated for a period of time, so as to regain its productive capacity. In Margaret Atwood’s Year of the Flood, which is a spin on post apocalyptic world – minus...
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4 Books to Read if you Have Ovaries
Every female has her flavor of womanhood, her ‘brand’ of femininity. There’s no one right way to be a modern woman, but we make decisions that serve us and enslave us – for better and for worse. After...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: 8 books every intelligent person should read
I heart books – how they smell: a musty mix of mold and dust, leather, ink. Next to sleep, they are the easiest way to lose track of time and location. I’ve definitely missed metro stops with my nose...
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F*#! You, Rape Culture – via Jezebel
As an undergrad I proudly served as a member of R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – Rape Education Services by Peers Encouraging Conscious Thought . I sigh for the youngsters who thought that the clothing a girl wore had...
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It’s the End of the World…And I’ve Got Matches!
I’m reading “One Second After” by William Forstchen. It’s not very well-written and wouldn’t suggest you run out and read it, but the concept is thought-provoking. The premise is that an...
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On Good Girls and Sexism
Woot! I get a wave of excitement when something I write actually makes it into the blogosphere. Here’s part of a new piece I just wrote for Huffington Post, Why Do I Have to Be Nice to Everybody? “I...
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Proving that he's mine
Reblogged from (Simply)Laugh: This week I took Jamie to his 18 mo check-up. I had heard great things about the doctor. I did everything I could to have information there ahead of time. I even talked...
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