With a Pet, You Never Stop Learning
Cuddles has just recovered from a gastro-intestinal illness. While I won’t go into gross details, I did learn some things.
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A Long, Long Ago Prediction That Was Wrong (Thank Goodness)
Today, I want to tell you something about myself that I’ve never spoken about to anyone that I can recall. It starts off a little bleak. Then it becomes tremendously positive and victorious. Come along, won’t you?
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One Special Day to Celebrate Men
How did you mark International Men’s Day? I’m betting you didn’t even know it happened.
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Minding the Mind for Health’s Sake
My two biggest fears – spiders aside – are being kidnapped and held against my will, and getting dementia.
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Unwinding in a Salt Cave
I dislike caves. I don’t like going into a place that I can’t quickly get out of. Claustrophobia isn’t as bad as it used to be, but when it comes to a cave, all bets are off.
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Old Friends Acting Our Age
Derek has a weekly breakfast with a bunch of guys he’s known since high school. One of them just had a pacemaker installed. Another, an emergency appendectomy. Still another will have to lie face down for weeks – WEEKS – after eye surgery to repair a detached retina. Four people we know have COVID-19. And all of this happened within the last week.
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Henry Winkler and I Have Something in Common (Besides Affection for The Fonz)
I will never share the name of the one of the most important people in my life.
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Sleeping Like a Baby…with Colic and a Full Diaper
Have you ever had something in your life that felt so big and overwhelming, that the thought of talking about it made you feel like you might explode? Of course you have. We all have. And that’s what this post is about. It’s the reason why I haven’t broached the subject here, or on our Gracefully and Frankly podcast, or with anyone except those closest to me, and one nice woman I recently met.
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Other People’s (friendly) Dogs
Derek will confirm that I get excited when someone walks toward me with a dog. The animal’s tail begins to wag and my grin widens to match that energy. I always wait to find out whether it’s okay to visit with the dog, but I’m definitely ready for it. The human? It depends. The dog? Always.
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Run Towards the Danger
I’ve borrowed the title of Sarah Polley’s book for this post. I just finished reading it and give it five stars. It’s not a memoir, exactly. It’s a collection of essays about pivotal times in her life. (It was published last year, before she won the Oscar for Women Talking.)
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Turning Over A New Leaf
That is not my orchid above! I took a selfie with it at the Four Seasons in Maui in February as inspiration for my orchid at home, as I attempted to bring it back to life. I thought maybe this photo would give it something to live up to!
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Lemony Goop
Last week, I watched a TikTok video on repeat and laughed out loud each time. Someone I know had shared it to Instagram. Be warned: the language is Not Safe For Work. But somehow, when harsh words are coming out of an Annoyed Lemon, it’s hilarious.
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23 and Me and My DNA
It’s pretty amazing what you can determine from a little vial of spit.
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Working for the Woman
One of my voice-over clients asked me to consider a full-time job working only for them, late last year. It was flattering but I immediately turned it down. Some people in my circle thought I was nuts.
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An Undeserved Blooming Reputation
There are few things I know for sure. And now, after reading a newsletter from my local garden centre, there’s one less thing.
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Too Much Information
I think we all can get a little anxious when it comes to our health. So why add to that anxiety, even if we’re “allowed” to?
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Miss Sugar Update
Miss Sugar, the former blogging cat appreciates the comments, messages and notes she’s received since hanging up her keyboard. She gave us a scare a couple of weeks ago, and wants me to fill you in.
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