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Mac Mini Mayhem
My almost year-old Mac Mini hard drive failed last week. It least it had the courtesy to fail before the manufacturer’s one year warranty expired.…
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Winter Rose
I’m not a very effective gardener. Last season both my carrot and lettuce crops failed to thrive, but a series of interesting and exotic weed…
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You can eat an elephant – just take one bite at a time.
Before my husband passed away, we had plans for his office – replace the old carpet with wood flooring, get a new, smaller desk, and…
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Quotes and Memorable Phrases
I’ve always admired authors who can sprinkle their prose with Latin, French, or German phrases without sounding snobbish. This is a skill I have not…
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Destructive, Dysfuntional, Dystopian — Distasteful!
I went to the movies this last weekend to see Paddington. I went, I tell myself, because I am doing research on children’s book characters…
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The Routine! The Routine!
Research tells us our brains deal with the overwhelming amount of information available to it by categorizing that information, often in terms of what is…
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Memorial to a Friend
My best friend and husband of forty-eight years passed away unexpectedly on September 2, 2014. He was a kind, gentle man with a sharp intellect. …
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Relax – It’s Not Real
I tell myself that I don’t watch “reality” television shows with their fake drama and concocted conflict. After all, I have avoided all episodes of…
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Fred – The Interview
One of my current favorite mystery series is Mary Daheim’s Alpine series. Her major character is Emma Lord, the owner, publisher and editor of a…
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A New Discovery and an Old Favorite
The New Discovery First the new (to me) discovery. For any pre-published writer, a visit to the blog Writers In The Storm is essential. This…
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The Perils of Pauline, Fred, Lucy, Ginger, Kinsey, Isabel and Other Protagonists
Brain research tells us traumatic experiences at anytime in our life (war, death, horrific accidents) affect our worldview. Those experiences can form a prism through…
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When Good Technology Goes Bad
I’m going to a conference in two months. After I registered for one session, the presenter requested that all attendees sign up for a twitter…
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