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2016 CULTIVATING GRATITUDE: Grateful for 40 Years of Crap

  I have 40 plus years of crap.  I’m not talking about my husband or the relationship, but the amount of stuff we’ve accumulated over our marriage.  This June we will be married 44 years and the house is beginning … Continue reading

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2016 CULTIVATING GRATITUDE: A Sequel

  Writers are crazy.  Or maybe we are just slightly off-balanced.  It could be that we are just obsessed with books and the written word.  Writing is a lonely job that only one person can do – at least until … Continue reading

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2016 CULTIVATING GRATITUDE: Grateful for a First Chance

    Pulp fiction is an acquired taste, I tell the readers looking at the books on my table. Some love it and others don’t.  But I am grateful to Airship 27 for publishing my first book, The Apocalypse Sucks.  … Continue reading

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2016 CULTIVATING GRATITUDE: The Simple Things

    The simple things in life are the best; a glass of chardonnay, crisp clean white flowers, and home.  I’m a homebody – and not.  I loved working and feeling like I accomplished something each day when I was out … Continue reading

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2016 CULTIVATING GRATITUDE: A Busy Season

    It’s spring!  Well, it felt like it yesterday even though the calendar said it wasn’t.  It is the beginning of a busy season for writers.  There are countless contests, conferences, festivals and book signings on the horizon. I began … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Full Circle Bookstore

    Gratitude this week is directed at Full Circle Bookstore.  I’ve been invited – along with several other local authors – to have a book signing at the store next Saturday, February 20, 2016 from 3-5.  New Ink they called … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Grateful for the Heavener Runestone Park

    I am grateful this week that the Heavener Runestone Park has invited me back to the Viking and Celtic Festival April 9 & 10.  They hold the festival twice a year, April and October.  I met some wonderful people last … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Cultivating Sprouts

    It’s cold and flu season.  I know because there is coughing and sneezing just across the room from me.  So far I haven’t caught it and for that I’m grateful.  My husband came home the other day with the … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Grateful for Inspiration

    Someone once said the first 50 years are for learning and the next 50 years are for living.  Well, I hope I have learned everything I need because I am on to the living part of my life and I … Continue reading

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2016 Cultivating Gratitude: Counting Complaints

    Every year as I begin a new series of blogs I look for a theme.  2016 will be the year I attempt to cultivate gratitude. I, like a lot of people, have a lot to be grateful for.  In … Continue reading

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