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Teen Angst and How I Miss It
Talk About it Tuesday As I have been transcribing my journals lately, I have found myself in volume 7, which takes place in the spring of 1998. I was 15 years old and in the 10th grade then. April was particularly eventful. That month saw me sitting in the back of the school bus with… →
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Not a Bad Adaptation
Talk About it Tuesday And since I didn’t talk about it on Music/movie Monday, I’m going to use today to rave about the movie “Project Hail Mary”. Josh and I went to the matinee on Sunday. We were in a theater that boasted a Dolby sound system. I thought theaters always had that, but apparently… →
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A Brunch to Remember
Talk About it Tuesday I’m back home from my weekend in Ohio. It was on the verge of snowing when I drove out of my sister’s driveway and it was 89 degrees and sunny when I pulled into mine. Crazy how different weather is even at the exact same time. I can’t resume normal day-to-day… →
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Pine Island Eagle
Talk About it Tuesday I talk quite a bit about wanting to be a published author. I complain when my essays get rejected from publications. I’ve gotten quite a few lately, by the way. But all of that is not quite accurate because I’ve actually been published before. Several times actually. I can’t believe I… →
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Made Just For Me
Talk About it Tuesday As a knitter and crocheter, I am always the person who makes things to give as gifts to other people. I’m certainly not complaining. I do it because I want to. And not because I expect anything in return. So imagine my surprise when I went to work today and found… →
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Still Just a Job?
Talk About it Tuesday Today is Tuesday. I’m home from work because my furry bestie, Faye has a vet appointment and I have my own “vet” appointment later this afternoon. That means I have only three more work days this week. Next week, I took Monday off because I have sick time to burn—I won’t… →
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An Organization Nerd at Heart
Talk About it Tuesday Topics for “Talk About it Tuesday” don’t have to be serious. They are sometimes. But not today. Actually, strike that. It is serious today. Because I spent the better part of the second half of my work day thinking about the two tallest bookshelves in our new study. I don’t like… →
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Vintage Motivation
Talk About it Tuesday I am a chronic screenshot taker. I do a lot of scrolling on Facebook and Instagram and so I am perpetually taking a screenshot of quotes and memes and other things that I want to remember. I have quite the collection of motivational quotes. I think I’d like to start sharing… →
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Undone and Unsettled
Talk About it Tuesday Have you ever had an antsy kind of feeling? Where you feel unsettled? Maybe there’s a touch of anxiety mixed in. That’s how I was feeling last night because of things not “done”. There are various meanings of “done”. I was first bothered by our ongoing spare-bedroom-turned-creative-space project. We are almost… →