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Use Your Words
Words and communication are complicated. Though we seek out those with whom we have common interests, we rely on their words (and actions) to determine whether we keep those people in our lives. It’s through communicating—using our words—that we’re able to get to the crux of who someone is and what their viewpoint/opinion is. How … Continue reading
Five Things to Do on a Cold Grey Day When You Don’t Have to Leave Your House
Most of us have been going through some bitingly cold days this winter. Along with the cold is the grey. Do you spell it grey or gray? Doesn’t matter, they’re both correct as in: One can become easily distracted, feel out of sorts on a cold, grey day. I’m not from England but I want … Continue reading
Monday Musings & Motivations — Part Fifty-Four – Risk
We each experience life—love, loss, joy, pain—individually, personally, and no one can feel it for us. Friends and/or family can soothe and offer words of comfort or encouragement, but ultimately we have to take whatever it is on— take the risk or not. For some of us, it takes awhile. We do the same thing … Continue reading
From Whence They Came
I was rewriting a short story yesterday morning and decided on the title, “The Nick of Time.” Though the phrase isn’t mentioned anywhere in the story, its implications are fierce—linking the main plot and the subplot—I hope anyway. These vehicles we use to write—setting the tone as tragic or comic, voice patterns of characters, memorable … Continue reading
You Gotta Laugh
If you look back at some of the best moments of your life, you’ll always find laughter. Laughter can make your heart swell and pump with vitality. According to the Mayo Clinic it can do all this: Stimulate all those organs inside you plus make your brain feel as if you just had chocolate or … Continue reading
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