Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Spinning Plates
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I miss reading just for fun, what I want, and for as long as I want. Right now there are twenty more pages of the third (partial) screenplay I need to read and critique before tomorrow night waiting for me on the kitchen table, and then I need to work on my own, but I needed a…
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Between now (getting home from work, sipping on a warmed-up cup of coffee to see me through the evening and counter the effects of all the antihistamine I'm having to take for the cedar) and when I need to leave for class, I have about an hour… That's an hour to start dinner (only start – I'll…
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The day started with promise, then suddenly it was 5:45 in the evening…the day was almost gone and I hadn't accomplished half of what I had hoped. And I'd barely even been out of the house! Kendall and Tom were both gone, but I needed a break from work…from the computer. I needed some exercise…to…
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Leslie: "Why aren't you on Facebook?" me: "Huh? Are YOU on Facebook?" Leslie: "Yeah. EVERYONE is! Darla, Ann, both Ginas…" It turns out my friends have been partying without me… Now, it just so happens I had been thinking about getting on Facebook for a couple of weeks. My friend Kim had sent in invitation asking me…
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How quickly resolutions can dissolve once the real world – like work – makes its appearance. I won't go through a boring list of what I did or didn't get done today. Let's just say it's a good thing I resolved to be flexible and not stress about it…too much, anyway. Work is both a…
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My friend Nancy once told me to be careful what I did on New Year's Day, because that's what I'd be doing all year long. Her example was cleaning house, so for the past few years I've made sure I didn't spend the first day of the new year cleaning and cleaning. Looking around…
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The countdown has begun. In a few short hours, it will be a brand new year – the last one in the first decade of the 21st century…this will be the year of my 50th birthday, my baby's high school graduation, and who knows what else. The past few years, Tom and I have a hosted a New…
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I admit it…overall this was one of the worst years of procrastination for me (although is it truly procrastination when you're just so busy with other things that you don't have time for some things until it's almost too late?) But for the first time, maybe EVER, I had presents wrapped and under the tree before…
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I knew it would be a busy day, but still…WHEW! First, an update on Tommy's vehicle saga: Tom changed his strategy…he left for Dallas at 5am this morning and just drove his Capris, not the truck and trailer. He already suspected the problem was the timing belt, and he was right, but Tommy told me (when…
Long Hollow 