Mother. Writer. Aging Rebel. Eternal Optimist
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I have a confession to make. I have been a crap commenter this year.
I try to speak up when I get the chance and I still have a full Google Reader that I work through every couple of weeks. However, between work, trying to post here once a week, my other creative pursuits and family [...]
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“The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend.”
- George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905-1906
I’ve been pondering friendship lately. Partly counting my blessings, partly marveling at how different all my friends are, and partly baffled as to why some people make me feel immediately comfortable, while others set me [...]
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I was hanging around at my mate, Gunfighter’s blog today and saw this meme, which quite tickled my fancy. Right now, I’m all about embracing life, the good and the bad, the fun and the scary, so this feels like a fitting post as we near the end of the year.
My meme is not exactly [...]
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“All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different.”
-John Berger, Writer
I have been trying to write a post about the SECRETS TO A HAPPY MARRIAGE and I kept coming up with the usual problem. I have too much to say on this topic for one post.
Rather than to cull my ideas or write a couple [...]
Last Friday, Musicman and I celebrated 10 years of marriage. To commemorate this milestone, we left Bunny with mom and went away for the weekend to Avoca Beach on the NSW Central Coast.
Avoca is a relaxed beach paradise and my idea of romantic heaven. We stayed in an apartment on the crest overlooking Avoca beach, [...]
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I haven’t posted much humor lately, so I thought I’d put this up today because for some reason it really tickled my funny bone. It’s an oldie, but a goodie.
I think my husband has been hearing a lot of loud sighs and “Don’t worry about it” recently while I’ve been organizing our son’s birthday presents [...]
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I came across this image on Photobucket and liked it, partly because of the sentiment, mostly because of the delicate sweep of the downcast eyes.
These eyelashes look like they’re frosted and they remind me of the butterfly kisses my son and I exchange. If you don’t know what butterfly kisses are, it’s when you put [...]
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