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Black Hat Bots & Mad Gratitude
I have 15 minutes to write this. Black Hat Part Some hack-bot came through this website and inserted viagra ads into some of my paragraphs. It’s not dangerous…
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Doing it ‘nice and rough’ – Tina Turner is my kind of Buddha
I have fifteen minutes to write this. I know Buddhsim works for me, and I want to practice every day. I’ve tried apps, books, meditation retreats and everything…
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Ode to my mom’s memory
“I’m living two timelines moving in different directions.” I sat up in bed and said that to my husband last night. I’ve been plagued by night terrors for…
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Being a creative – how does art come through?
I wrote something the other day, and it was pretty honest and it was good. So I read it over and over again. I remember when I was…
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Mothers make matter
Becoming a mother has been a ride. I’ve learned to live with less sleep, half-baked plans that fall apart the other half of the time, and constant pings…
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Easter twisted tulip
I do so many ‘busy’ things in this life, but my true self is always tripping the eternal where I mostly just observe in wonder and get surprised…
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Rita Keintz Mullen
My stepmother Rita passed away yesterday. She had her sister by her side during a peaceful transition. Her health had declined rapidly after my Dad moved into a…
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Stretched Thin – Christmas Wishes
“I’m stretched too thin!” I’m pretty sure I’ve been saying this to anyone who would listen, including playing this complaint on internal repeat for the last two months.…
For My Kids
delaborate
Odin: so I was working on my narrative at school, and it was long, so I decided to delaborate on the spaghetti. . #Odinisms #ProudMom #CoinedIt!
Family
make all the same mistakes I did
There’s been so much discontent between us, eldest kid. Maybe this is from me trying to shield you from mistakes, preventing you from falling on your face, and…
Culture
Beyond Belief
I don’t go to church, my kids don’t either. The other day I realized that even though I don’t engage with organized religion anymore, that there are many…
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How to take a mental health day
skip to steps Today my 8 year old son and I took a mental health day. This was at my suggestion after he’d run into a frustration-styled brick…