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Love Amidst the Refrigerator Magnets

,6:52 am

When I wandered into the kitchen for my ten thirty coffee break, I was stopped in my tracks by a carefully written message on the refrigerator door. There, fighting for space among the computer-generated grocery list, the parent-teacher interview sheet and assorted wisdom from fortune cookies, shone this little gem:   My fourteen year-old-daughter wrote this […]

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A Marriage Revealed on the Paintball Field

,3:36 pm

We suit up in camouflage flak jackets, protective face masks and gloves and then, after a thorough briefing, we’re each handed a weapon:  a shotgun about the size of a .22 gauge hunting rifle outfitted with a large hopper. Finally, we are handed the ammunition and we dump it into the hoppers by the hand-full. Dozens up […]

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My 100th Post: What Grace Looks LIke

,5:44 pm

I woke up this morning, inexplicably, at 3:30 a.m. I teetered back and forth between a dream and the reality of early morning before finally tipping into awareness and focussing my eyes.  From where I lay nestled in bed, I could see a full moon out the back window. It hung there white and bright […]

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Eating with the Food in Mind

,3:08 pm

I am attending a weekend yoga retreat in the Berkshires where, among other things, I learn about the glories of healthy eating. And let me tell you this: it’s not just about the food. One lunch hour, I serve myself a generous helping of turkey meatloaf and wild rice pilaf from the buffet then look […]

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Married to a T

,8:20 pm

“Do you know anything about this?” My husband stands at the top of our circular staircase holding a blue t-shirt. A souvenir from a trip to Alaska, it features a dogsled team and ‘Iditarod’ in bold white letters.  Or it used to. Now there’s a rip straight down the middle, a dog sled driver on […]

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Beaded

,12:42 pm

  “If you’re writing, you’re a writer,” Anne Lamott tweeted a few weeks ago. “Write badly, daily; it’s creating beads for a necklace.”* I read this on my cell phone while sitting in the driver’s seat of the van, idling, waiting for my daughters to step out of the main doors of their high school, […]

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Slogans

,10:31 pm

My office is awash in slogans.  Little rectangles of paper taped on the front of my laptop stand or tucked under the glass top of my desk. Some are practical. One thing at a time. Horizontal surfaces are not for storage. Others offer stark admonishment: Do something restorative. Every day. Like I’m yelling at myself. […]

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And Now for the Ancient Admiral Kitchen Stove

,10:20 pm

Since last week’s blog was a rant about pre-marital furniture, I thought it only fair to present an alternative view this week, by arguing for the virtue of our Ancient Admiral Kitchen Stove, another hangover from my husband’s first marriage. Perhaps “hangover” isn’t the most apt choice of word. Legend has it that this stove was part […]

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A Marriage I Arranged Myself

,10:44 pm

I’m headed out the door to the gym. It’s one o’clock in the afternoon, not my usual time to work out, but I need a break. I’ve been a cranky with my husband these last few days and, at the moment, I can barely stand to be in the same room with him.  My anger […]

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Keeping it in the Family: Taking our Daughters to Work

,9:57 am

  (McKenzie NewsWire) Lisa James, President and CEO of Lisa C James Professional Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Lindsay E.J. McKenzie as Executive Vice-President, Employee Benefits. In her new position, Ms. McKenzie  will assume administration of all extended medical insurance claims including out-of-country expenses for the firm’s sole employee and her family […]

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