In My Own Words
thoughts on writing, books and life
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Ten Days in…
I’m not a big new year’s resolution kind of person, but this year I said the one thing I was going to do was get back to this blog and…
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A Writers Conundrum
As a kid, The Little Mermaid was not my jam. The movie came out when I was a bit older and I don’t think I’ve seen it more than once…
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Puppy Life
We brought home a new puppy over this past weekend. I went back and forth as to whether or not it would be a good idea. We’d talked for a…
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Like a Snowflake in a Box…
It only takes one trip through the Salt Lake valley to see how fond the founders were of keeping things in order. It’s the streets. It took a year of…
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Saying Goodbye to my Grandma Bear
Out of the blue a few weeks ago, I found myself looking up the lyrics for a lullaby in the middle of the night. I was singing it to myself…
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Who Needs Four Legs?
It’s been a rough few weeks around our house. Our beautiful Muppet of a dog, Astrid, ran in front of a very slow moving truck and ended up losing her…
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My Three Spiders
A spider died in my shower this morning. His name was Floki, and I apparently triggered one of the traps he set last night for George, the Jumping spider that…
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One Year Ago…
One year ago today we made our first visit to our new house in the Pacific Northwest. This Madrona is still one of my favorite things.
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Finding Home
One year and six days ago I walked into Rich’s office in the middle of the afternoon and changed our world. We were hip-deep in 2020 and it had taken…
