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It’s so easy to see crazy when someone else is wearing it. I watched a…

I’m high risk for colon cancer. Okay, everybody gets something. I hadn’t minded until today….

I drive an hour north every Friday. This week, as I headed towards the upper…

My head used to house seventeen screaming squirrels. They were totally over-caffeinated and raucous, climbing…

I’m jealous of people who can make music. Anyone who can sling an instrument over…

What? How was I supposed to know? One minute I’m playing with a perfectly fine…

I’m taking the day off to read. To just sit around and get lost in…

I don’t date well. There was a time I really liked it, did it often…

I talk all the time about how I don’t remember events, but I do remember…

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. I yelled at my mother once. I stole…

I’m a wacky old lady magnet, as in, I attract wacky old ladies. This is…

I took a leap of faith this week. One more in a long line of…

I never knew what that meant, a particular age. Then I got there, to that…

Tommy died of old age, and that’s the way it’s supposed to be. We’re supposed…

Service will change your life. Maybe not, but it changes mine. Every time. This week…

It’s been over a month since I made the commitment, inspired by Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal,…

I have a definite writing process. First I put down the basics. Where’m I starting…

If I’m calling around to see if what I have in mind is ethical or…

I’m momentarily speechless. Actually, the truth is I’m momentarily self-conscious. Mostly, I write for me,…

I used to say I was looking for a cowboy who knew when to ride…

This is how easy it is to spit into the karma pool every day. Report…

Find something you love, a service you can do that you really love. It’ll change…

It would help if I knew where I was going. I don’t. I only know…

It is entirely within the realm of possibility that a person would, at 53, have…