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A Short Excerpt from The Laundry List

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Where I’ve Needed to Be

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My 100th Post: What Grace Looks LIke
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A Marriage I Arranged Myself
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Warrior Girl Dashing… Race Day
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The Best Text Ever
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I’m Keeping the Name: Warrior Girl Returns

April 2011

Random Acts of Sharing: Chicken Pecan Salad des Étrangers Gentils
When the Mole Hills Fail You… Expect a Rainbow
Making Molehills out of Molehills
Parting Words: Unusual

May 2010

Endangered Species: Pedestrians in London
Signs of Life from London
Chuck the Checklist, Bring the Passport
A Stone Necklace for Mother Earth
Dandelions Rule

April 2010

The Windsurfer Stays
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Face Cloths & Trash Mountains
Not a Cross Word Between Us
Keepers Shortlist One Fine April Morning
The Miracle of Ziplock® Containers
Kite in a Tree: the Republic of Play
We’re Keeping the Trampoline..
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Roots, Shoots and Patience

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Party Pooper: I love you, let’s try not to judge
Close Mouth, Open Heart.

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The Next Chapter: Recommitting to Giving Away

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100 Things: Idiot De-Cluttering and Other Things I Learned
100 Things: Stepping out of Clutter
Shoveling Out from Under

December 2013

The Gift I won’t Unwrap this Christmas
A One Bedroom Apartment with a Plant

November 2013

Be Strong. Be Safe. Have Fun.

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Too Many Pants and One Grey Cat

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James Blue and Overcast Grey

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Swearing Off Sweaters

April 2012

Things I Could Really Live Without: the Dining Room Table

March 2012

Things I Can’t Take Part One: Meds

August 2011

My Way or the Highway: the Work on the Road

July 2011

A Furor in the House
Books I Never Read & Dustbunnies I’m Going to Keep

May 2011

Broken Spoons, Gone to Pieces

April 2011

Easy Re-Entry
Getting Back on Track: the Repost

June 2010

Things I Let Go Of & What Remains: My Martial Art

May 2010

Gardening, Shmardening: Wallowing about in the Dirt
Little Tikes Kitchen: Pass it On
White Towels, High Heat
Why I Won’t Tell You What I Do for a Living
Knitting Class

April 2010

Things I Gave Away: Today’s Shortlist
From Thermos to Whine
Lawyerisms
Shelving Self-Help
Just Stuffing
How to Burn the Bottom Off a Stainless Steel Pot
Things I Gave Away: Today’s Shortlist
Prayer Beads & the Pursuit of Happiness
Dumping Superwoman
Trophies I Gave Away
Stuff I Gave Away – Today’s Shortlist
De-Cluttering my Daughter’s Desk
Missing the School Bus. Seizing the Day.

March 2010

Things I Gave Away: First Post

Up in the air

April 2015

Facing Down Dust Bunnies and Other Beasts

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Love Your Life. Every Minute of It.

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The Boomerang Effect: Promises Made and Newton’s Third Law of Motion
Transitions: Taking My Daughter to University & Finding My Own Wings

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Bear With Me

May 2014

Kicking Full-Assed Out the Door

April 2014

Why I Do This
Getting Along Well With Others: The Inverse Email Response Time Rule
The Headache Theory Re-Examined: Flying by the Seats of our Pants

March 2014

Rewriting the story, Rewiring Marriage, Rediscovering the Prince
The Titantic or the deck chairs: the choice is yours or, uh, mine actually

February 2014

My Own Best Teacher
Are You a Buddhist? Lawyers, Labels, Rituals and Me
Taking the Edge off Work

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Anniversary
Guilty as Charged: I’m an UDDer

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The Field Between
Training with a One Hundred and Eighty Pound Mosquito

May 2012

Driving Lessons
Come With Me. Let’s Escape.

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Life on the Bandwagon
SMOOTHIE RULES – the marital hazards of blended fruit

September 2011

Rituals and Raspberry Afros
Mom, Can You Hand Me _____________?

August 2011

When You Meet a Crazy Man at the Stoplight

June 2011

Sorry That I Wasn’t Sorry

May 2011

Speaking of Detours…

October 2010

Clean Sweep, Fresh Start

April 2010

Trophies to Give Away, Memories to Keep

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