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Week-end: links & life {vol. 31}
“Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. These orange daylilies are a happy birthday gift that keeps on giving. I didn’t get them for my birthday — they are hand-me-downs from a sweet neighbor who, I suspect, is likely tending a…
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What my dad taught me
Since Father’s Day is around the corner, I’m sharing a few of the many things my dad taught me over the years. He was a brick mason before and sometimes during his career as a mechanic, and he could fix just about anything. He was a nature-loving, garden-growing guy who had smile-emphasizing dimples, gave me…
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Week-end: links & life {vol. 30}
“You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.” – George Bernard Shaw I celebrated with a birthday lunch date with my favorite guy, the one who keeps me laughing, and therefore helps keep me young! This weekend we hope to have dinner here at the house with all…
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Forty-two.
Today is my birthday. I’m 42. Forty-two is a good age. Frankly, I wouldn’t want to go back to any other age. I’m not chomping at the bit to hit the next few decades, but I’ll make a point of appreciating those years when I get there. I believe the more we find to celebrate…
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Week-end: links & life {vol. 29}
“Before you get a dog, you can’t quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you can’t imagine living any other way.” -Caroline Knapp It’s a good thing Piper is so stinkin’ cute, because I spent Thursday morning fixing walls she ate during her puppyhood!
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A few of these “big dreams” of mine
So I keep on talking about all this dreaming I’m doing, but I’ve been vague about what exactly these dreams are. That’s been purposeful: I’ve found the scariest part of dreaming big is telling people what you’re dreaming of — because once it’s out there, it’s exposed and vulnerable. For someone like me who struggles…