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You spoke to me in tongues

You spoke to me in tongues My body ached to speak that way. When you touched me my bones sang. In the burnt ashes of the fire, I tasted a stone and found it sweet. I knew you were only my temporary shaman I could feel our paths…

Poem

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You spoke to me in tongues

My body ached to speak that way.

When you touched me my bones sang.

In the burnt ashes of the fire, I tasted a stone

and found it sweet.

I knew you were only my temporary

shaman

I could feel our paths…

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Now that people will be able to travel soon, you should go to Europe and stay and eat and drink wine for free!

UPDATE: They really need people this summer! Check out the dates (mostly July): We still have spots available in the following programs: · Puerto Magina (Jaen) –July 1st to the 13th · Doña Teresa (Salamanca) - July 8th to the 22nd · Hortizuela (Jaen) – July 13th to the 25th …

International Travel

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Now that people will be able to travel soon, you should go to Europe and stay and eat and drink…

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Surrendering to Motherhood with my au pair’s help

I met my husband a bit later in our lives. He was 30 and I was 32. I had been married 7 years before that, and it was very brief and pretty much a mistake (neither of us were ready to be married I think). So I was a little…

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Surrendering to Motherhood with my au pair’s help

Aug 3

A small edit you can make which leads to crisper writing — get rid of the “wills”

As I have said before, writing is about two things — 1. creating, which is just letting thoughts flow on paper or screen — and 2. editing, which is revising what you have created to fit the purpose of the writing (an op-ed would be…

Better Business Writing

3 min read

Jul 31

I make a bunch of changes…but do I see results?

I was thinking the other day about how much more aware I was about changes I have made in the way I was living or cooking or exercising during the pandemic. Being stuck these last few years at home makes you notice more (like how many things need cleaning/fixing/changing in…

Self Improvement

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I make a bunch of changes…but do I see results?

Jul 24

Adopting a Greyhound

I will tell you right up front. Not the easiest thing we have ever done. But it depends on the greyhound. Ours was a wreck — PTSD big time and a horrible racer apparently (which is good because we got him younger — just shy of 3 years old). His…

Adopting Dog

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Jul 20

Working at home saved my career

I have been lucky through the years — I worked in telecom a bunch and they were way ahead in letting their workers work at home. So I have done so pretty regularly at least part-time. But in March of 2020, I was ordered to stay home! The pandemic…

Remote Work

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Jul 3

Do you want a functioning Democracy or not?

These are perilous times in the USA, though some of you are still acting like it’s a raucous party and you would like some more champagne. Our Democracy is teetering on the edge of a cliff and not enough people are even noticing (or taking is seriously enough)! History tells…

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Do you want a functioning Democracy or not?

Jun 14

She forgot to tell us

My mom. She forgot to tell me that the days are long, but the years short. That I shouldn’t shy away from having my photo taken, because then when I left the earth, my children would not have my smile to look at. That one she forgot to tell herself. …

Love Mother

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Jun 14

I know why old people are grumpy

Believe me I do. Now that I myself am getting older, I see why a lot of old people are grumpy! IT’s because you see the same shit over and over and you see people get upset about it and then nothing really happens and several years later, the same…

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I know why old people are grumpy

Believe me I do. Now that I myself am getting older, I see why a lot of old people are grumpy! IT’s because you see the same shit over and over and you see people get upset about it and then nothing really happens and several years later, the same…

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