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Is It Tax Time Again?
I filed taxes last year and tax day is almost here again. It’s like the government wants me to pay taxes every year or something. I was...
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Apr 11, 20182 min read
I’ll Take The Purple Llama
Spring has sprung and flowers are blooming. Everyone who knows me sends pictures of purple flowers. Text messages, Snapchats, Pinterest...
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Apr 4, 20182 min read
Are We There Yet?
My new home sits on a section of historic Route 66, a highway from Chicago to Los Angeles built in the 1920’s. As one of the first...
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Mar 28, 20182 min read
Two Years, Two Weddings, Two Moves, Oh My
. . . because life is an adventure. We moved to the suburbs last year, after thirteen years in a small Colorado mountain town. I wrote a...
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Mar 21, 20182 min read
Princess For A Day
I have weddings on the brain. My daughter married in August and my son will marry in May. Two weddings within a year. I only have two...
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Mar 14, 20182 min read
My Life in a Stranger’s Hands
I watched the hot wax come near my eye. What had I agreed to? The warmth touched my skin, so close to the lid. I stared into a stranger’s...
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Mar 7, 20183 min read
Put Those Pajamas in a Museum
President Harding’s pajamas and slippers stand in a glass case in the Smithsonian. Did he imagine his pajamas in a museum? Not just any...
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Feb 28, 20182 min read
Dog Alarm – Who’s Training Who?
My dog is a geriatric German shepherd, mixed with who knows what. Sixteen years old. She moves and creaks like an old lady. Unsteady on...
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Feb 21, 20182 min read
For the Love of Cards
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. Payday for greeting card companies. But, my husband and I have them fooled. We walk through the card aisle...
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Feb 14, 20182 min read
Keeping up with Technology
Keeping up with Technology Seems like I’m always looking for technology before it is ready. Later, I am surprised to learn that it has...
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Feb 7, 20182 min read
Old Time Bloopers
Old Time Bloopers People of modern times may think bloopers are a recent invention. They’re not. The name may be new, but early...
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Jan 31, 20182 min read
Special Feature: Paula Moldenhauer Guest Post
In honor of the release of my debut novella, I have invited each of the other authors in the collection to write a post about the...
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Jan 29, 20183 min read
Lost in the Suburbs
I’m a small-town girl, who recently moved to the suburbs. I find myself faced with so many new decisions. How do suburb dwellers figure...
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Jan 24, 20182 min read
Special Feature: Mary Davis Guest Post
In honor of the release of my debut novella, I have invited each of the other authors in the collection to write a post about the...
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Jan 22, 20182 min read
When did bathrooms become art galleries?
I’m fascinated by the artwork I find in bathrooms. I’ve always considered bathrooms to be unimportant when it came to interior design....
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Jan 17, 20182 min read
Special Feature: Kathleen Kovach Guest Post
In honor of the release of my debut novella, I have invited each of the other authors in the collection to write a post about the...
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Jan 15, 20183 min read
Morning Time Warp
When my daughter was a teenager, she would say, “I’m on time when I’m in my bedroom, but when I come upstairs, I’m running late.” She...
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Jan 10, 20182 min read
Special Feature: Pegg Thomas Guest Post
In honor of the release of my debut novella, I have invited each of the other authors in the collection to write a post about the...
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Jan 8, 20182 min read
Noooo. Not the Dentist.
I only want to have my picture taken. Where’s the photographer? Imagine being dressed in your best finery. You open the door to the...
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Jan 3, 20182 min read
Special Feature: Donna Schlachter Guest Post
In honor of the release of my debut novella, I have invited each of the other authors in the collection to write a post about the...
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Jan 1, 20182 min read
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