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Boots
“These boots are made for walking…” but that’s not what they are going to do…
The Tall Poppy Syndrome
We’ve just returned from lands Down Under, where I’ve learned an apropos phrase: the Tall Poppy Syndrome. It’s applied to me nearly all my life. In one incident after another, for better or worse, mostly worst. I am more sensitive than people care to believe.
Aussie Zeal
Larry and I have traveled Australia and New Zealand, our travel quest for 30 years. Okay, I’ll admit on blog, it’s been our travel lust for that duration. We had to wait until…
HASHES & BASHES will be breezing in soon
You’ve read STASHES, haven’t you? If not, order the book on Amazon and get to it. HASHES & BASHES is coming soon.
The reward for good work
In my 30s I learned a life lesson: The reward for good work is more work.
The thought that followed like Mary’s little lamb was equally pertinent to quality of life: If the reward for good work is more work, then I will go into private practice because I will make more money when I do good work. A savvy, brave girl insight.
Thump Trump
I am a powerful chicka. PJ Colando knows that better than most. If I hijacked her book 1 1/2 years ago, it was high time I hijacked a post.
Recipro City
Does parity float your boat?
Does turn-taking twirl your world?
Does your life feel like a lucky charm or the bottom of a lake?
Self-licensing
My dietary aspirations have taken a pratfall again. It’s not my fault; it’s self-licensing, an inherent trait.
Affluenza
Some readers have wondered about Brandon Breeden, the coddled kid of my book, STASHES. His narrative arc was befuddled by the fact that he didn’t earn his parent’s esteem or his own self-esteem with a good deed. Brandon’s prize vehicle was only a red Ford F-150. And, he would have tested negative for Affluenza…
Some readers have wondered about Brandon Breeden, the coddled kid of my book, STASHES. His narrative arc was befuddled by the fact that he didn’t earn his parent’s esteem or his own self-esteem with a good deed. Brandon’s prize vehicle was only a red Ford F-150. And, he would have tested negative for Affluenza…
Some readers wondered about Brandon Breeden, the coddled progeny of my book, STASHES. His narrative arc was befuddled by the fact that he didn’t earn his parent’s esteem or his own self-esteem with a good deed – in fact, few deeds at all. Brandon’s prize vehicle was only a red Ford F-150. Yet, he would have tested negative for Affluenza…
The Breeden family and their friends live in central Michigan, where author manufacture and agriculture forged a reliable middle class. STASHES is set in the fall of 2009 when unfortunate real estate loan practices gutted the American Dream. Many people of that area and era would have tested positive for poorlio…
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