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Kent
One of the joys of having about five followers, especially when I don’t post on social media, is that I kind of get to do/say what I want on this site without much recourse. (Eye-rolling isn’t a recourse, Anna; it’s rude and hurtful.) Sorry about that! Anyway, WordPress and I are in a bit of…
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My Roots
Real Talk at a Sonic Anna and I were discussing the Big Blue Mess – its roots and how it’s changed (grown? devolved?) over the decades. It was one of those Sonic fueled heart-to-hearts – the kind you have with a friend. At least I feel the chat was at a Sonic, because that feels…
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Storytelling, Burdens & Grief
So, you may have noticed (or not, it’s ok) that I went out, changed the look of my blog, announced it, and then let it sit. Is anyone really surprised by this? Yeah, me either. It’s kind of on point for my spotty writing over the last eight years. But today I decided to take…
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Fresh paint
In 2004, with the help of my good friend Anna, I began sharing my stories/anecdotes/rants/ramblings/random thoughts on Blogger. Twenty years of me me-ing at you. Twenty years of up and downs and sideways. I’m going to confess – the old template bugged me from the jump. It was just meh, but a functional meh that…
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Writing
Huzzah! Another post about “writing”! Ok, ok, ok, I know, I get it, but hear me out… yes, it’s about writing again, but, but, but, but… this time it’s a different angle. Huh?? Yeah! That’s right! Do I have your attention now? No? Still feeling like clicking on something else? Hmph. I gave my best.…
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Raison D’être
I’m not much of a pacer. This doesn’t mean I’m judging my pacer friends/family who enjoy a good power walk from A to B to A to B to… (you get the idea – you all know what pacing is.) It’s just that pacing isn’t my particular go-to stress move. Personally, I prefer internalizing the…
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P.S. Ryan
P.S. Ryan, I feel like I tricked you into following my blog by stating I was occasionally funny. I swear, I try not to do the above (or I guess it’s technically below on your screen) on a regular basis; however, your uncle and I were talking about communication etiquette yesterday (blame him), and we…
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A Thanks and A Welcome!
A Thank You As you know, the Out of the Darkness Walk has received a lot of my attention lately. With Jay never far from my mind (I still say “hey” everyday; I still update him on the big things) this walk was important to me. As I mentioned in a previous post, I received…
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A Big Blue Mess 2014 Video Recap
Here’s a photo/video recap of my various shenanigans over 2014. Huge thanks to Bruce Thiesen at Ram On for the inspiration and encouragement. (In other words, he’s the guy to blame since I would never have had the idea to create a recap video on my own. In fact, go to his blog to point fingers…
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Shoutout: WordPress Gurus & Friends
Friends – we had an exciting week on this blog, well ok “exciting” doesn’t quite describe it. It was more “eh, ok”, but let’s pretend for me that it was exciting. We (the royal version who is not particularly regal) learned two things: 1) I can set posts to private without driving the blog completely…
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