Before I knew my husband was a sex addict, I knew that he liked flirting with other women. Probably a little too much. I could tell he got a thrill out of it, and I worried that he would accidentally take this "entertainment" too far. He'd lead some poor woman on and [...]
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Great Interview Experiment 2009
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MoRpH Snim•° on Flickr
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Last year I participated in Neil Kramer's Great Interview Experiment. In the process, I got to know two interesting new bloggers and was lucky enough to make a lasting friend in the absolutely fabulous Headless Mom. Who could ask for more than that? Well, apparently, me. [...]
Fixed!
Whew! I fixed the problems with my comments and feed. And this awesome plugin fixed the problem with Wordpress automatically changing my straight quotes to curly quotes. You know, the one I broke my blog trying to fix in the first place. So now everything is working right! I love it when a plan comes [...]
Sabbath
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Vanessa Pike-Russell on Flickr
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Spiritual inspiration can come from the oddest bits of serendipity. I was at a talk a few months ago by a Zen Buddhist who talked about making each moment sacred, about how we could light incense before doing the dishes and make the washing of [...]
Digging Out
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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 [...]
We Build What We Can
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gilest on Flickr
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A friend forwarded me a link to a wonderful blog post by Christopher Niemann full of minimalist Lego representations of all things New York. The heading, above photo after photo of clever little scenes and objects, reads:
During the cold and dark Berlin winter days, I spend [...]
Look What I Won!
Hey, what's that over there? Could it be artwork on my fridge? Yes indeed, it seems to be a picture of our family (complete with cat in the window of our house) drawn by my daughter, Janie. Don't we all look happy under that blue sunny sky and...
Wait. What's that holding [...]
Working the 12 Steps Online
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I have mentioned a few times that I'm working the 12 Steps with an online group, and several of you have asked where you can get in on the action yourselves. The group I'm working with is at The Junkies' Wives Club. We are currently [...]
New Online Support Group for Sex Addicts
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I wanted to let you all know that Ken at My Sex Addiction has started Sex Addict Support, an online support group for sex addicts. This group is for addicts only.
Partners are welcome to join the The Junkys' Wives Club, which now has close to [...]
Ask Me (Almost) Anything
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Ok, this is too fun: for her birthday, Danielle celebrated by having her readers ask her any questions they wanted. I thought the questions (from "flannel or silk?" to "what's the recipe for your favorite dinner?") and her answers were a [...]
