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Leaving the Land of Chrome and Touch Screens (Huge News in this Post!)

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It’s taken at least a year longer than we’d expected.   But Sara and I are moving overseas again. Though we knew we’d miss Port-au-Prince terribly, when we returned to the US from Haiti some 20 months ago, at first we … Continue reading

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Why I Failed Multitasking 101 (Some Thoughts on Pork Chops and Projects in the Coming Year)

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I’m not much of a multitasker.  In fact, I lack the ability to do much more than two things at any given time, too often, only one. Sara says I’m single-minded—that I’m focused and goal-oriented.  Her description is a kind … Continue reading

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There’s a Diaper Crisis in my Writing Life! (Big Announcement 1)

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This has nothing to do with crap creation or with my poorly trained and poopy puppies. While it may be true that, like Anne Lamott, I write shitty first drafts, it’s equally evident that even my tenth attempt retains an excremental edge. … Continue reading

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How Blogging Amounts to Grace—how Stories Amount to More

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My blog turns two this week. In a few days, if I can count correctly, I will have brought it well beyond its birth and led it wobbling into toddler-hood. As I said two years ago, I’ve hoped here to … Continue reading

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Redefining Front-Porch Culture: Bloggers and a World-Wide Notion of Neighbor

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Our front porch is falling apart.  Floor boards are rotten.   Railings are either loose or long gone.  Paint is peeling. To even call it a porch might be to unduly dignify the failing structure now only semi-attached to the front of our … Continue reading

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Capped and Crowned: My Life in Hats, Helmets and Hoods

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The seemingly endless hours spent making art have finally gone to my head, forcing me into my post-of-last-resort approach to blogging. In other words, I’m coming close to the dreaded repost–reworking writing from more than a year ago, in lieu … Continue reading

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I Do Drowning with Feline Flair: Disaster Mitigation and the Creative Life

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I’m up to my artist’s ear lobes in cat food cans, ornament making, and painting projects. In fact, I’m so inundated with tides of creative crazy, that, should the water rise above those now damp lobes, my hearing could soon be sacrificed to the twin causes … Continue reading

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Why I Pedal WordPress Bloggers: My Life in Bikes

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My first bike was red—a tricycle whose pedals I couldn’t reach. As a slightly older child, I graduated from training wheels to a purple-perfect two-wheeler.  It sported a plastic banana seat that sparkled in the sunshine.  I loved it so much, … Continue reading

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Clicking and Screaming (What Makes a Title Suck)

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Let’s face it, folks, readers delight in daring titles. They seemingly can’t help but click on posts that make outrageous claims, not just about delicate issues such as, say, public nose-picking, but especially on titles that highlight one’s personal nose-picking habits.  Pronouncements like this, they can’t resist. Readers … Continue reading

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News Crash: A Blogger Tree-for-All Hits Lexington, Kentucky

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A number of WordPress bloggers have visited our house in recent weeks, beginning with Miranda (“Scatteringmoments”) in late June and continuing with Tori (“The Ramblings”) and Lisa (“Woman  Wielding Words”) in the past few days.  This has been fun, informative, … Continue reading