What Little Girls Don’t Understand
For most of my life, it never occurred to me that some people simply ate whatever they felt like eating.
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Personal Life
Run Towards the Danger
I’ve borrowed the title of Sarah Polley’s book for this post. I just finished reading it and give it five stars. It’s not a memoir, exactly. It’s a collection of essays about pivotal times in her life. (It was published last year, before she won the Oscar for Women Talking.)
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Turning Over A New Leaf
That is not my orchid above! I took a selfie with it at the Four Seasons in Maui in February as inspiration for my orchid at home, as I attempted to bring it back to life. I thought maybe this photo would give it something to live up to!
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A Filtered View
…Words are like eyeglasses. They blur everything that they do not make clear.
Joseph Joubert
That’s the Tooth
Maybe it’s because the cost of regular health care in this country is hidden. But dental care seems ridiculously expensive.
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23 and Me and My DNA
It’s pretty amazing what you can determine from a little vial of spit.
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Cuddles On the Mend
You might know what it’s like when a pet is sick. The guilt and the concern. Their little lives are fragile, especially when they’re seniors.
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Magnificent Maui and Travel Tales
This is an unusual entry. It starts kind of crummy but ends well. And in order to make that happen, I have to tell the story of my recent trip from end to beginning.
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Blogger in Transit
As you read this I will either be in flight, or hanging out at an airport.
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Adopted Cuddles: One Year Later
We adopted Cuddles the cat, aka House Panther, one year ago tomorrow!
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Miller Time
If you follow me on social media, you might have seen the story of the lost dog I picked up on Dec. 27.
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Travel Tales and Mexican Snow
You probably remember doing the math when you were a kid: How old will I be in the year 2000? Well, here we are, 23 years later. Bet you didn’t do this math!
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