In my real life, I have a lot of friends who just don’t “get” Twitter. They say they don’t have time for it  (WHAT? Do they think I do?) And they always ask, “WHY would I want to know what a total stranger had for breakfast?” (I always answer, “It’s at least as interesting as [...]

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Christmas Eve. It’s raining here, loud enough to hear on the roof, even over the TV. Bob the Dog is curled up on the Christmas rug in front of the fireplace. He thinks I put it there for HIM. Callie the Dog has already retired to her foam cushion in our bedroom. Tonight Charlie fixed [...]

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Hey Bloggy Friends! Long time no see. This week has been a crazy-busy. Plus I’ve been fighting off a downward spiral of self-doubt. You know those days when you feel inadequate at everything you do? Throughout the week, I’ve come up with a laundry list of areas where I’m clearly sub-par: I’ve felt like an [...]

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Today is a momentous day, a day of crucial decisions. Choices that will affect the next four years — and possibly the rest of our lives. As members of a democratic society, we have the privilege and responsibility of participating in those decisions. And so, later this morning, I will head out to our local [...]

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D’ja ever have one of those days when you feel agitated and jittery and it seems like you’re forgetting something Really Important so you wander around the house trying to find something fun to do to take your mind off it? No? Just me? Okay, then let me acquaint you with my neurosis. I feel [...]

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Thank you to everyone who commented with birthday greetings. I promise I didn’t write yesterday’s post to fish for a “happy birthday” from every reader. But the ones I got were a nice side effect. I had a very good birthday, which I will try to post about later. The highlight was a message on [...]

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Yes, today is my birthday. Last night I was all set to write a whiny post about how my husband is thousands of miles away in England and I’m all alone taking care of three ungrateful little trolls and I have a dirty house and all I want to do is sit around all day [...]

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The Renewed Mind is the Key from Lehrthing on Vimeo. This wonderful video causes me to ponder some things: How recent IS this? At first I thought it was from my high school days (20+ years ago). But the dude had a headset mic. See for yourself! This masterpiece was probably created in this century. [...]

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Wow wow wow. You really DO like me! Yesterday’s post yielded the most comments I’ve ever gotten, and you all are so encouraging! … More importantly, it sounds like I stumbled upon something we all deal with to varying degrees: Being “real”. It’s such a tough thing to wrap your brain around, isn’t it? Am [...]

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Something unexpected and kind of cool has been happening with me lately. I keep making friends in cyberspace. And isn’t that just the kind of stuff you’re s’posed to blog about? I think so. Some backstory: I’ve never had a lot of friends. Growing up, I was painfully shy and tended to have – at [...]

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