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Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?
Who is the real you? Are their many versions, each equally authentic, or are you a different person for different people and situations? I’ve been thinking about all the roles I play, which one is the...
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Have you read “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn?
I recently read Gone Girl on my vacation and did a gushing review about it. And, just the other day, while chatting with one of my friends, we got into a discussion of Gone Girl. I encouraged her to...
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Do you have a Medieval Scottish Clan?
All my books have so far been set in Wales, and my ancestry is Welsh, but it’s also Scottish. Lately, I’ve been exploring that history more. Here’s a map of the lands of the great Scottish clans:...
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Banning Thanksgiving
I’m banning Thanksgiving. You might be celebrating Turkey Day in your house on Thursday, but as for me, I’m having pizza. Yep. Ordering pizza on Wednesday night, then leftover pizza on Thursday. No...
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Magic
When I was a little girl, there was no better holiday than Christmas, and the promise of Christmas always began at Thanksgiving. The air became more clear (except for the glittery fairy dust that only...
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The Princess Journals
My granddaughter Bailey is almost five. Like most of her contemporaries at pre-kindergarten, Bailey is besotted with all things “Princess.” For those readers unfamiliar with the Princesses, they are...
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A Right to Innocence
This year will be my daughter’s second Christmas. Last year, it passed in a whirl of family she hadn’t quite had time to get to know properly, wrapping paper and boxes (far more interesting than...
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“Oopsie. Did I just say that?”
Over the holidays, when our defenses our down and families gather, sometimes the things we blurt out might be surprise Oopsies. This happens when we have been thinking thoughts inside that don’t match...
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Love is a Choice
I pulled my jacket tighter as I neared the reservoir. The sky was a brilliant Colorado blue, and the sun shone brightly, but it didn’t take much wind to slice through my clothing. As uncomfortable as I...
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When Someone Dies Suddenly
No, this isn’t a plot point. It’s a life point. A friend of mine died suddenly a week ago on Sunday night. I think it was Sunday night. I can’t remember much about the phone call I received that...
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FOREVER YOUNG It's never too late to get hitched.
Forever Young: It’s never too late to get hitched.On March 26th Raymond Moore and Helen Christian officially tied the knot after 20 blissful years of a shared domestic partnership. At the age of 87,...
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Womb Mates
Joe and I recently traveled to Virginia for a family reunion and to visit friends. My aunt was about to turn 83 years young and we were also going to celebrate a cousin’s milestone birthday, too. I...
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The Last Rose Of Summer
In my part of the world, which is Northern Ireland, we’ve had a wonderful summer – day after day of hot, glorious sunshine, instead of our usual diet of a few sunny days regularly interspersed with...
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Mile Marker 84 Proud to be a Truck Driver's Daughter
I grew up at Mile Marker 84, just off the Indiana Toll Road. Or at least, that is how my Dad always described the location of our home whenever anyone asked where we lived. Other people might have...
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I’m Smell Blind "You don't know what you got, until it's gone."
Several weeks ago, I realized I couldn’t smell. It wasn’t something I really noticed until I visited a fudge shop in Helen Ga. Helen is a quaint German town nestled in the GA mountains, where else...
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A Love Poem from my Granddaughter
Babci, Babci This was poem was written for me by my darling granddaughter, Nessa.Babci is a Polish word for grandmother Babci, Babci,With hair as red as cherries,And eyes of a brilliant green.You...
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Memories: Our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree
Since the time our children were little, my husband and I took special pride in our Christmas trees. In the early days, the trees were chosen with variety in mind: flocked, retro aluminum, and fake...
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The Christmas tree is a storyteller
We all consider the Christmas tree as a symbol of this season. Do you know it’s a storyteller, too?When decorating the tree last Sunday, I realized a good detective could examine the ornaments and...
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Lost Love Letters A New Indie Chicks Anthology!
Love letter – what phrase conjures up more intense feelings than that simple phrase? Most of us have received a love letter. Many of us have written a love letter. Some of those letters were tucked...
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Dear Shirley Jean
Dear Shirley Jean, In all of my life I’ve never had a more complicated relationship than the one I have with you. I think maybe at some level you feel the same.Peeling away the layers of what we’ve...
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