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Temporary Extrovert, Psychic Script, Wildly Social Weekend
Even though I am an introvert through-and-through and normally avoid big, crowded events at all costs, I also have a strong sense of civic duty to the…
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Ms. Typist: Interior Designer Extraordinaire
For many years now I’ve harbored the belief that within me lurks a talented interior designer just waiting to get out, and that somehow my ideal career…
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Love Bombed by DAC, Retail Fail, Boxing Hustle
I have had my name on the list forever for notification that Diamond Art Club’s “Bathroom in Paris” was back in stock.
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The Anatomy of Cold
I’ve come to complain about the cold, and my history with cold, and all of the cold places I’ve lived in, and how I never knew of a temperate climate…
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Doubting Thomas
At today’s Mass, the gospel reading was John 20:19-31. It is the story of Doubting Thomas, which has always been one of my favorites. In fact, it was…
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A Dangerous Impulse, Floor Failure, The Digressions of Genius
During weekend walks, I usually pick up a book or two from one of the prolific Little Libraries that abound in our neighborhood.
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Orchid
Poem of the Month
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The Big Move!
In which the Good Typist gets schooled in the ways of the moving-industrial complex
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The Five Stages of Gym Grief
I was at my beloved gym last week, doing the “Cardio Bunny”—puffing away on the elliptical instead of lifting like a true hard-core—when I saw some…
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August Blahs, A Return to Journaling, Training Re-Set
I’ve been a bit scant on posting this month because I’ve been a bit scant on everything—inspiration, creativity, energy, and pep.
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I Watched the Barbie Movie and I Didn’t Hate...All of It
Warning: Major Spoilers. Also, this post is really long.
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Flower Mom, Fitness Slump, Mini Game Review
Almost a month after planting deck flowers at the start of an extended July heatwave, I am stunned to find that my flowers are not only not dead, they…
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