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The Quest for Comfort
I have had a week my friends. It was the kind of week that grinds you into submission so that, by the very end of it, all you can do is...
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Too Much/Not Enough
I’ve been struggling lately. First of all, I should probably say that there’s nothing wrong with my life. Actually, everything is...
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Obsession
As you might have guessed from a previous post, I have something of an obsession with true crime. It’s not exactly a new love. I’ve...
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...April
It’s been a while, and so much has changed. Not the weather, but just about everything else. When last I updated this thing I was...
A Bad Case of the Shoulds
Winter has returned with a vengeance. Like any good Vermonter, I was fully expecting this. Winter does not give up the ghost up here...
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Who the Hell am I?
This one might get a little rambly, so stick with me. I have now been unemployed for 2 months. This is the longest I have ever gone...
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Peanut Butter M&M Cookies
I didn’t write anything today. I barely read a couple pages of a book while sitting in a dental office waiting room. (OK, I did get my...
Guns
I grew up in rural Vermont, and, after 16 years living elsewhere, I’ve come home. My community is diverse in terms of values,...
Searching For...
…No, not a publisher. Though I’m always sort of searching for a way to get my writing out there, that’s not what I’m talking about this...
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The Sky is Falling
Some days are just not my days, and Tuesday was one of those days. Everything that I had been working so hard to juggle flew out of my...