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I used to love to watch The Odd Couple on TV growing up. I always hated Felix, so prissy and uptight, but I loved Oscar, unable to find his bed under piles of clothes and bits of old sandwiches. That, I thought, is me. [...]
Overcast morning,
taking my daughter to school,
I pull on my coat.
"Here's your purse, Mama."
Her eyes glow with pride to be
handing me my bag.
Wallet, glasses, keys,
pen, old receipts, crumpled bills,
crumbs of ancient snacks.
To her it must seem
like some sacred mystery:
Mama's treasure chest.
Her smile makes me think,
"Why do I carry so much?
What more do I need?"
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As of this moment, I have a backlog of 283 messages (and 608 Google Alerts) in my e-mail inbox. (Maybe there's one there from you!) So, I've decided that rather than writing today, I'm going to try to dig through at least some of that virtual clutter.
While you [...]
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I had a really wonderful, productive day yesterday. I got the kids fed and clothed and to school on time. While they were in school, I:
did all the dishes
washed and dried a load of laundry
got some good writing work done
meditated
ate a healthy lunch
went through [...]
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Somehow it's never spring that spurs me to great acts of cleaning and home renovation; it's this time of year. December and January seem to be my favorite months for tearing apart the inside of my home. Spring seems to be my favorite time [...]
"My mouth's bleeding, Bert! My mouth's bleeding! Zuzu's petals...Zuzu's petals! There they are! Bert, what do you know about that!"~George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life
There have been times I've experienced computer problems when I would spend hours and hours cleaning up this and patching that. And at some point I'd find it was just [...]
