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365 of Me: 239/127 – Life Edit: Day 5

I could probably do another 5 days of life editing and still not accomplish everything in my life that needs to be edited. But today is Day 5. I committed to 5 days so today I’m done for now. And...

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After the Tomatoes of Summer are Gone

It happened today.  I was weed eating the back yard and carefully trimming around the plants, not really caring if I cut some of their leaves that were now drooping from foliage that already showed its...

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When a stranger calls…

Yesterday I received a phone call from a kind lady I didn’t know. But she knew everything about me. She had read the hundreds of letters that I had written to my long-time pen pal who lived in Oxford,...

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Cleaning out the closet…

We live in a small house with small closets. I have the “luxury” of having two closets, but it’s far from being an actual luxury. A tiny coat closet in the dining room holds all of my pants. It also...

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Dad’s Day

I got to speak to my father this morning. That means a lot to me to be able to speak with him and wish him a Happy Father’s Day and to have him know who I am. I was not that fortunate on his birthday...

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Dear Photograph

Six years ago on my 35th birthday, my sister took the above photograph for me. I wanted to submit it to a website called Dear Photograph. They published it on their website two years later. The idea is...

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An Unlaborous Labor Day

Last Saturday I left to go home to Tennessee to spend five days visiting family. I stay with my Mom while I’m there. It’s an annual September trip usually for her birthday which is actually next week....

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February 2020 Recap

We judge a lot of things by how they end. Books. Movies. My life in February. It was a short month, so I’ll try to make this a short post. Even though it’s a leap year, February is still the shortest...

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The Inside of October

Autumn has always been my favorite time of year, and despite being an election year I hope this year’s fall season doesn’t sneak by unnoticed. With holidays approaching and less work to do outside and...

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You Can Write, But You Can’t Edit

Tennessee Williams at his typewriter The title of this post comes from a song called “Edit” by Regina Spektor. You can listen to it here. Another lyric from it that often resonates with me is: “White...

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