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    Angel cake

    Sep 06, 2018 4 Comments

    A piece I wrote for shelovesmagazine. Schmida was an immigrant. Jewish. German. A Holocaust survivor. She spoke Yiddish and fed the neighborhood children alongside her own (the way mothers

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  • The Life

    The one about the duckling I hid in my cleavage.

    Aug 23, 2018 Comments Off on The one about the duckling I hid in my cleavage.

    You know that moment? The one that comes when you are trying desperately to be professional? To pass for a calm, cool, collected businessperson?  Perhaps while you're at a bank, finishing a

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  • The Life

    Why I Paid an Artist to Cut My Wedding Dress into Pieces.

    Aug 07, 2018 10 Comments

    I spent part of this evening cleaning up around the house. As usual, I couldn't really stay on task.  I wandered.  Washing sheets from one room.  Picking up in another.  I clean like an ADHD

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  • The Life

    Take Me Home Country Roads

    Jun 26, 2018 4 Comments

    My commute to the office usually takes about twenty-five minutes.  It's two-lane, country driving the entire way along one of the Illinois' River Roads.  My landmarks as I drive are a railroad

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  • Divorce, The Life, The Ranch

    On Shearing and Doing Hard Things

    May 30, 2018 12 Comments

    This is me. This is me on an almost 90 degree day, after shearing nine of my llamas over the course of about two hours. This is me sweaty and exhausted.  Covered in tiny bits of wool. 

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  • The Ranch

    Spring

    Apr 11, 2018 10 Comments

    I just found hay in my hair, a memento from the time I spent in the horse field this afternoon lying on my back in what remained of a round bale. It's sixty degrees.  Just a few days ago, there was

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  • The Ranch

    Letting “Good Enough” be Good Enough: The stalls won’t always be clean…and that’s ok

    Mar 06, 2018 4 Comments

    I've started this blog post three times.  Each time, Amelia, one of my three dogs, shoves her nose under my elbow and nudges my arm, asking for attention.  Each time, my fingers lose their space on

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  • Divorce, The Life

    Befores and Afters

    Jan 18, 2018 13 Comments

    I read a book once that pointed out that life tends to divide itself into befores and afters. It’s true, when you think about it.  Some are obvious milestones: Before high school.  After high

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  • The Ranch

    Living the Dream

    Jan 08, 2018 10 Comments

    I forgot to step tall over the hot wire. I felt my rubber muck boot catch the bottom wire of the horse fence.  My ankle caught the strand that I had strung there this summer.  My knees hit the

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  • The Life

    On Dating.

    Nov 26, 2017 12 Comments

    Swipe Right. "So, what are you looking for?" It's a straightforward enough question really, and one that comes up a lot when you foray into the world of online dating, but it's one that I

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2014-10-17 17.08.31
Cinco!
Cinco!
DSC_0723
DSC_0691
DSC_1343
The bitty babies!
The bitty babies!
DSC_1324
Little Violet. Happy Anniversary to me!
Little Violet. Happy Anniversary to me!
Some of my chickens have names. This one, for example, is Lucy.
Some of my chickens have names. This one, for example, is Lucy.
2014-08-05 11.58.00
DSC_0577
DSC_0583
DSC_0696
Northstar. (Jeremiah calls him Marvin)
Northstar. (Jeremiah calls him Marvin)
Minnett wearing a hat...headband...thing
Minnett wearing a hat…headband…thing
2014-05-12 11.43.05
It looks so peaceful, doesn't it?
It looks so peaceful, doesn’t it?
Cinco
Cinco
2013-06-04 16.26.20
Hey look. Blessings!
Hey look. Blessings!
2014-03-09 16.15.24
2014-03-09 16.15.27

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  • Pandemics and Paying Attention
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  • Grandpa, Grieving, and Learning to Carry Love
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Top Posts & Pages

  • "I think, this year, we're all just trying to figure out how to get by."
  • New Normals, Old Normals and the Best Laid Plans of Mice and Me in the Age of Covid
  • Pandemics and Paying Attention
2014-10-17 17.08.31
Cinco!
Cinco!
DSC_0723
DSC_0691
DSC_1343
The bitty babies!
The bitty babies!
DSC_1324
Little Violet. Happy Anniversary to me!
Little Violet. Happy Anniversary to me!
Some of my chickens have names. This one, for example, is Lucy.
Some of my chickens have names. This one, for example, is Lucy.
2014-08-05 11.58.00
DSC_0577
DSC_0583
DSC_0696
Northstar. (Jeremiah calls him Marvin)
Northstar. (Jeremiah calls him Marvin)
Minnett wearing a hat...headband...thing
Minnett wearing a hat…headband…thing
2014-05-12 11.43.05
It looks so peaceful, doesn't it?
It looks so peaceful, doesn’t it?
Cinco
Cinco
2013-06-04 16.26.20
Hey look. Blessings!
Hey look. Blessings!
2014-03-09 16.15.24
2014-03-09 16.15.27

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