My husband and I were looking for some pictures of a specific backpacking trip the other day. We wanted to…
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Today in class we took turns reading excerpts from our portfolio essays. I didn’t read mine. I hadn’t had a…
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Right now, most of my workout goals are centered around getting a strict pull up. And having that solid goal,…
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Dean Wesley Smith gives frequent advice on his blog to writers. And, the advice may sometimes seem repetitive. The same…
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This is the season of rest. The season when my husband and I take a break from our backpacking adventures…
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When I started feeling a bit under the weather on Saturday, it didn’t seem like much of a cold. My…
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After taking a hiatus from exercise in September, I’m back on track with my pull up plan. But I’m doing…
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I guess the “Visualize Turn Signals” bumper sticker was a reaction to the “Visualize World Peace” bumper stickers, indicating, perhaps,…
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Last week was the first meeting of Run Club completely in the dark. Our group of four women ran along…
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On Tuesday, before my Writing Creative Nonfiction class, I overheard a classmate talking about the writing that they’d done this…
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