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Writing Poems

Did you know April is National Poetry Month? Are you someone who appreciates a lovely turn of phrase or a particularly vivid description?  Have you always dreamed of trying your hand at it?  Whatever the case, did you know you can be involved?  If you’d like to get a daily gift in your email inbox […]

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Just Let Me Lie Down

Before I review this book, I must preface it with a couple of personal stories, one of which happened this past Saturday.  I was away for the afternoon, signing books in a quaint small town in rural Minnesota, so my husband and daughter spent the afternoon gallivanting around town doing errands.  They stopped for sushi.  […]

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Being Super Mom

Hello, hello, sleepyheads.  Wake up, wake up!  Another day awaits! Drum roll, please. We have two lovely winners for Karen Maezen Miller’s signed copies of Hand Wash Cold. [May I take a little detour here, first, to thank all of you for your beautiful descriptions of spring.  I wish I could shower every single one […]

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Morning

“Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me….We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep.  I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man […]

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Two Questions To Ask Yourself

Good morning, sunshines… A little 2-minute pep talk this morning. If you want to find your true motivation, ask yourself, “What’s my sentence?” Watch here first: Once you watch the video, you’ll understand what I’m saying when I say that the sentence I’m going for is: She encouraged dialogue about sometimes-taboo topics in an open […]

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