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No day like a snow day
I’ve been off work for the past two days. The first day my school dismissed early and the second one the district I work for called off the night before. I love snow days. Thursday I took mulitple naps and worked on feeling better. By the evening I walked one hour on my treadmill–the first…
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Almost there
I’m looking forward to the end of November. I’m holding out hope that as December enters, these past two months will fade into a distant and not-too-pleasant memory. Frankly, I’m hoping that the string of bad luck fades as well. Not all has been horrible. My trip to Nashville with my journalism students was awesome.…
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No need for creative excuses
I’m sick. One of those lingering colds that lasts about a week–so I’m midway through. I can’t breath right, I cough a lot, and my head pounds. My final proofs for my April book are here and have to be read and to my editor on Monday. I ache too much to even think about…
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Oh Soot!
This has been the month from…well, I don’t need to say it. It has to do with fire, which unfortunately, I had just yesterday. Last Friday my harddrive crashed and burned. This Thursday, my daughter lit a fire in the fireplace. The damper was closed, and when smoke began to fill the house she panicked…
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Fear of Flying
I have to admit, I have a fear of flying. I have nothing against airplanes once I get up in them or how little time they get me from point A to B, but I simply just don’t like getting into a tin can and zooming 30,000 feet above the world. Perhaps it’s something about…
