Confessions

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There’s a saying that confessions are good for the soul, and I’m not sure if that’s true or not but today I thought I’d put it to the test.

Whenever I write something that I think might go out to the public, I have a moment or more where I pull back just a little. I am not a grammar/sentence structure pro. I know for some of you reading this that is no surprise! I write what someone told me was “stream of consciousness” writing. Sometimes it accidentally happens that one sentence leads to the next and one paragraph to the next and the comas are used properly and there are no run on sentences and everything is spelled correctly (thanks to spell checker) and all that without too much effort. Read More

Life Lessons

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I grew up on a farm with an assortment of animals that supplied food and income for our large family.

With cows came milk, and with the milk came cream that settled to the top.  Some cream was sold, some used for cooking and some made into butter.

That hands on process was done with our butter churn, glass jar and lid holding wooden paddles and a red hand crank on the side. Read More

Pre-beginner Blues

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I have started many things as a beginner but feeling like I needed to be in the pre-beginner class instead.  I didn’t like that.

I’ve done it with yoga classes and tai chi classses, in fact any exercise routine class I’ve taken.  I’ve done it with any new learning of anything I’ve started where I feel like I’m being stretched. My excitement turns to resistance. Read More

Inspiring Possibilities

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102DE2F0-8D94-4A3B-BA5F-88CBE062C953It’s interesting to figure out an actual title for something. How do you put into a few words the essence of who you are and what you want to create? Believe me, I went through about a dozen before settling on this one! Apparently a tagline should solve a problem and everything you create after that is medicine for the problem.(thank you Donald Miller) Read More