On Monday, I arrived at work and felt as bad as I had in a month. I moped around a corner and came upon the office of my friend Aging Hippy Chick and looked in. Little did I know that all this was going to lead to first, me being cheered up, and then, to […]
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Being Over 60 Being over 60 isn’t easy, even when you’re Boy George. Maybe I should say, especially when you are. But I have to say, having finished his memoir Karma, that he builds up your optimism for living life fully, for being true to your impulses, even the bad ones, and to sticking around
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The danger of writing on paper is that no one will ever see it, of course, but as we bloggers know, that’s not always something you can escape even when you publish things to the web
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A Reflection on the Famous “Banned Book” The book, are you there God, it’s me, Margaret, has name recognition. It might be said to be an icon to my generation. Published in 1970, the book details the struggles of one 11 year old girl, Margaret Simon, who faces sixth grade and puberty as she moves
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Bullet journal planning, 2024 edition. I’ve decided that its time to start. To tell the truth, my bullet journal (or bujo, as they’re affectionately known) is pretty simple and a little bit hetrodox. I think of the way I do bujo as “bujo for sensible person who’s not incredibly self obsessed and controlling.” Because if
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Go past the shocking opening of the Barbie Movie, which has a laughing Barbie towering like a Greek goddess over a bunch of drab five year old girls smashing their baby dolls. (The scene is a reprise of 2001, a Space Odyssey, which might be a bit confusing.) Travel past to zoom in on Barbies
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What I’ve been reading, generally stuff I’ve read this year, which was interesting enough to put down for future reference. And which is immediately available online: Blogs Mr Money Mustache — Who can help but be impressed when someone tells you you can retire in nine years flat, just by spending wisely and saving the
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Changing the way you think is tough. Brianna Weist’s 101 Essays that Will Change the Way You Think will help you re-frame your worldview and your relationships. A couple weeks past, this book showed up at my doorstep. No doubt a helpful friend wanted to give me a chance to change the way I think.
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I don’t often read books about Being a Writer. Because you know I’m above all that, ha ha ha. At least I used to think I was. But Bird by Bird is famous among writers, a book that everyone at writer’s group has heard of. Of course I didn’t rush out to read it. Because
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I have to admit that though I loved this book, which concerns the sudden death of Didion’s husband, John Dunne, after nearly 40 years of marriage, I did not completely believe it. That is perhaps my central critique of Didion’s masterwork and of the Didion magical thinking theme. Her claims about her marriage, her claims
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