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I interrupt the emphasis on happiness to remember:

this will never happen to me… »

Happy Is…

Finishing the last workshop (I finished classes two weeks ago), completing my Paralegal Certificate. All that remains is tweaking my resume and looking for a position. Next week.
Closing my blogging business of 4 years, Blogging With Flair, and knowing I’ve put my clients into secure hands. I can’t put into words how relieving it is… »

Chamblin’s Book Mine Downtown Jacksonville, Florida

About 13 years ago, when my oldest mancub was a baby, I frequently trolled around my favorite book store while he napped in his stroller. He was an excellent sleeper of a baby, usually taking a 4 hour daily nap. Fair skinned, bald, long and thin, he was quiet in general and constantly observant. We… »

The cast of characters:

The Quiet Room has 8 desk cubicles, a door, and a light on a timer. I have to move every couple of minutes or the lights go out. It over looks the 4th floor and massive foyer. There have been only a few visitors in here today:

the student I’ll refer to as “Jay”. Waist-length dreds…. »

Downtown Jacksonville: Magnificat Cafe

The biggest drawback to working from the library is having to pack everything up in order to get a cup of coffee or lunch or run to the bathroom. I suppose it will help me to travel light and clean out my laptop bag a little more often. I get used to gypsie living and… »

Half Acre

Half Acre
(Dan Messe)
I am holding half an acre
Torn from the map of Michigan
And folded in this scrap of paper
Is the land I grew in
Think of every town you’ve lived in
Every room you lay your head
And what is it that you remember
Do you carry every sadness with you
Every hour your heart was broken
Every night the fear… »

Tell me a story…

“It was with great joy and delight that she took the dirty container that once held the pork marinade and added it, rinsed, to the dishwasher. Perhaps to most onlookers, feeling joy over something so mundane would be like raising the mediocre to underserved and elevated levels of grandeur. She, however, had a strong appreciation… »

Lost and Found

There are two memories that stand out in my mind of being lost when I was a child. The first one took place in one of the many, many fabric stores I spent time in, shopping with my mom. I think this must have been in the days before skinny shopping carts because I was… »

The First Last Day of School

Today is the day! Today was the last 6:30 wake up for weeks! Today there are no more early braids, no more early breakfast, no more car lines! Today is the last report card, the last sing-songy teases, the last timed lunch.
School has been a fantastic experience.  As a former homeschooler, who very much loved… »

Contrast

A little sugar in tomato sauce cuts the acidity and enhances the tomato
A little salt in frosting makes the sugar less of a sweet-assault and more flavorful
A little vanilla in chocolate actually makes the chocolate seem richer

I’m thinking a few grey days actually make sunshine seem sunnier. And that I appreciate the living more for… »