Adjustments
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You, Too, Can Organize and Decorate with Teens
The Resident Teen Rocker turned 16 while we were in Italy last month. Other than giving him a card that had our family’s required elements of butts, farting, or both, and singing Happy Birthday as horribly as we pridefully aim… Continue reading
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Wordle and Other Excellent Friday Distractions
Have you spent time with wordle yet? It’s fun if you don’t have anything better to do. In fact, it’s perfect if you do have things to do, but just can’t seem to motivate yourself to do them. Cleaning the… Continue reading
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Books, Brioche, and…Boredom
Finally, finally, all things Italy are done. The planning, the packing, the photos, the writing. And when you’ve spent the time that I have getting ready for a trip like this, there’s a kind of void after it’s over. A… Continue reading
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Naples & “Rude Ebullience”
On Sunday, the fifth day of our vacation to Italy, we were ready to leave Rome. Not so much because we were tired of being there; we’d only put a small dent in what there is to see and do. … Continue reading
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That Summer Feeling
It’s the last day of school and because 99.9% of us have spent time in a seat in a classroom counting the days and minutes and seconds until we could say, “It’s the last day of school!” we know it’s… Continue reading
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Through my new lens…
It’s interesting, this new writing venue of mine, no longer in our office since my mother’s taken up residence there. My used to be vanity is now my desk, positioned in front of one of my bedroom windows, allowing me… Continue reading
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The family that views together?
My mother loves watching television. Loves. It. So it’s been a challenge for her since arriving back in Paradise to adjust to our television viewing habits. Um, we don’t exactly have any? She’s got to feel like she’s in TV… Continue reading
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Sometimes you feel like a dork…sometimes you don’t.
This would be one of those times. You know. Where you realize it seems like you were pandering. Not you. Me. I was pandering. Pandering for attention. But I wasn’t. And now I feel like it seems as if I… Continue reading
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What’s the point of this, anyway?
It’s funny how things sometimes change, and as much as I can see that beginning to happen — to not want it to happen — it does anyway. There’s nothing I can do about it. Things that once mattered end… Continue reading
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Unfocusedness
I figured it was time for one of my ADD posts. It should match my brain about now. So much for Wordless Wednesday, right? Le Blog: The orange is so not staying so hold on to your shorts. But I… Continue reading