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Pixels

     I have always always believed that every single moment, good or bad, happy or sad, happens for a reason. Or maybe rather,  what I mean is that each moment… is indispensable. Even if the only reason is…to get us to the next moment. Like a step. Like a breath. Like a stepping stone. Nothing… Read More Pixels

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I Heart her

Saturday Morning, laying on the couch watching a rather silly but cute movie with my 11 year old daughter. The movie ends and a new movie comes one. This one starring Hilary swank. and I  say, “this should be good, I love her! AND we have the same birthday…just ten years apart.” My daughter says,… Read More I Heart her

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Snow!

Snow!I will confess, that over the last…I don’t know, few years, maybe since my Mom died, maybe since I turned 50, whatever, I have had this fleeting thought “Will I ever feel that absolutely happy feeling again?”      It is not as if I am sad, no, no, far from it.  I am enthusiastic about Christmas… Read More Snow!

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Fraidy Cat

Write what you know. That’s dangerous. And potentially sleep inducing. Yikes. When I first moved to Virginia, I hated it. Despised the simplicity and the bad hair and the lack of angst and motivation. I hatched a plan that ended with me ditching this hillbilly Popsicle stand the second my, then boy friend, now husband… Read More Fraidy Cat