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2020-04-30 Light-Bulb Stories
It never fails. At some point each day I will have a conversation or thought and that’s followed by the lightbulb over my head lit up by the notion that it’s a topic I should blog about. Two days ago I had a conversation with my daughter about her thoughts on her parents drinking. (Yeah,…
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2020-04-27 Today’s Big News Top 5 List
It’s Monday again but not just any Monday. Lots of big things to report on. Perfect for a top 5 List: Thesis = Done (I’ve said that about 4 other times, but I think this is it. Yes, I still have to print copies and send to the university by snail mail, but I’m not…
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2020-04-10 Stress (and Easter 🐣) in the Time of Covid
I was thinking about writing about stress today, because I’m noticing how the extra pressures put upon people make them react. And how different those reactions are. Some retreat into their shells while others appear to be coming out guns blazing. I attended a Facebook live meeting yesterday put on by my kids’ school district…
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2020-04-07 Feels Like Summer (According to My Kids)
My time is short today. I’ve already squandered most of my walking/writing time doing chores and talking to my daughter who has been UP ALL NIGHT! 😱 She’s sporting her full teenager attitude this morning, half sweet talking me so I’ll make her breakfast and half “talk to the hand” when I press her on…
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2020-04-06 New Day, New Week, Same Ole Set-List
Monday again and for the first time in many, many days the alarm clock woke me up today. I’ve been waking up at 4 or 5 or 6am without reason or prompting for a while so to have slept all the way to Jim’s 6:15 subtle jungle emanating from the bathroom where he keeps his…
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2020-04-03 Nebraska Kind of Moody
Two days ago it was 70 degrees and sunny. This morning I woke up to sleet and a fresh layer of snow on the ground. That’s spring In Nebraska and those wild swings kind of remind me of my mood these days. Yesterday was another really rough day. There were so many different interconnected factors…
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2020-03-30 Balance and Flow
When you put in the work, sometimes it sucks. But man oh man does it feel good when you’re close to the finish line. That’s how I’m finally feeling today after putting myself in a box for the last three days. Not only did I need to crank out some pages for my MFA thesis…
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2020-03-07 Another Epic Day in SugarCookie History
Wowza.. Two in one week!! The first week in March is gonna be celebration central from here on out ya’ll. 💃💃💃 On this day 18 years ago, I was in a hospital giving birth to one of the most amazing humans I’ve ever met. If there’s anything that ever made me feel like time is…
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