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Now if this doesn’t make your day–

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Just had to share this amazing story. There are more things going on out there in the universe than we know or understand. It’s just fantastic.
Enjoy!
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But now THIS

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Thank you so much, Hip Writer Mama, for posting this! It truly made my day!
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The Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Dang, it’s hard to give up sweets. I mean really, really super hard. But I’m on Day 15 without Cadbury bars or pumpkin scones or frozen yogurt with Reese’s on top or any of that. Siiiiiiigh. But I’m doing it because Julia Cameron’s new book The Writing Diet really hit home […]

The Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Oh, happy happy. Today I’m doing something so nice for myself.
Remember how last fall I had that loaner Lab? She’s my stepson’s dog, and in the few months we had her she totally stole my heart and ended up sleeping next to me every night, stretched out beside me where I could curl […]

Not throwing out my t-shirts

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

A friend of mine was telling me about this book she’s reading about how to look 10 years younger. I had to stop her at the first piece of advice: throw out all your t-shirts.
Sorry, I’d rather look 100 than stop wearing t-shirts. Back off. Not happening. T-shirts and […]

The Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

So, how’s that giving up sugar thing going?
Maybe you’ve heard it said of people who quit smoking and then think they can have “just one” cigarette for old times: One is too many, a thousand is never enough.
Which explains why frozen yogurt with peanut butter cups on top can lead to cookies and Cadbury […]

The question I should have started with

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Yesterday I asked a question that really relates to another question, at least in my mind. So here it is: Do you believe in reincarnation? Do you think you personally have lived before and will live again?
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Soul mates

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

I was just over visiting MySpace, and saw an ad with a drawing of a fortune teller and a line that went something like, “Want to know the name of your soul mate?”
And it just so happens that’s one of the themes of the new book I turned in last month.
And so I’m curious: […]

Sorry for the technical difficulties

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Sorry the site was down yesterday. Let me make it up to you with this:

The Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Friday, February 15th, 2008

As I mentioned on Tuesday Book Club day, I was totally inspired by Julia Cameron’s latest book, The Writing Diet, to rethink some of my choices. The main one being the massive eating of sugar, which I have enjoyed on an ever-increasing basis since about a year ago. Somehow that felt like the […]