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Daily Prompt Response—No computer
Your life without a computer: what does it look like? It’s pretty ironic that we are answering the question about what life would look like without a computer…on a computer. That’s it, that’s my whole post. Can that be added to the next version of Alanis’ song about irony? →
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Words of wisdom to get you through…
Sometimes I go through the camera roll on my phone and just scroll through the pictures. I have a few years of pictures on my phone and at some point I’ll upload them to Shutterfly and make a photo book to be printed so I still have the pictures but can delete them off my… →
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Aging gracefully and with pride
Time has certainly started marching across my face lately. A month or so ago I posted about finding my first gray hair and being excited about it. I had discovered the beginning of crow’s feet a while before that. I didn’t really think too much about the crow’s feet until a couple days ago when… →
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Attitude About Medicine
I started taking medicine regularly towards the end of my senior year of high school. I was 17 at the time and had just been given my first diagnosis of clinical depression. Zoloft is what I was given and I had such attitude about taking it. I didn’t think much of it at first, but… →
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The best hug I ever received
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about kids going off to college. It’s that time of year when they’re either moving back onto campus, or moving into dorm rooms for the first time. Against the strong advice of the leadership at the school I used to work for, I was friends with several of the… →
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Back to School Season for a Former Teacher
For the entirety of my school-attending life, and especially for the past 19 years as a teacher and most recently, school principal, August has been the most dreaded month of the year. As an educator, August means that summer vacation is over and it’s time to start another school year. This is especially true for… →
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Julie & Julia &…who am I?
This past Sunday night I stayed up so I could countdown, New Year’s Eve style, to midnight. I wanted to officially welcome the end of my work contract. Ever since making the final decision to leave my job, I have yearned for June 30th, knowing that was the time when I would be able to… →
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The Olympics, but for real…
One time I saw a meme that conveyed the idea that the Olympics are great and everything, but what would make them better is a visual of what it looks like for the average person to try and do these different events. It was a funny meme and I definitely agreed with it. But now,… →
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“Over the Top” on Father’s Day
It’s Father’s Day. I generally avoid social media on this day because while my father is still alive, I don’t feel enough ‘warm fuzzies’ when I think about him to actually wish him a happy Father’s Day. I don’t wish him a happy birthday in August either. Not that I’m bragging. I certainly wouldn’t do… →
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On the Verge
My mother once made a comment to me about “muscle memory” when I told her that I was running again after some time away from it. She seemed to think that my muscles would remember what they were supposed to do and how they were supposed to react to long periods of running. After almost… →