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I Have the Choice
This week I made the difficult decision to step away from Facebook. Thoughts of getting off FB have been simmering for quite some time. I have done a day here and there where I deliberately stayed off for the entire day. I have weighed the pros and cons and made lists of the positive and negative interactions a few minutes of scrolling provided. I use Messenger regularly and don't want to loose that option so chose to deactivate my account instead of deleting it . My plan is to stay off for the month of April and then re-evaluate. To be honest the hardest part is not having the distraction of scrolling a hundred times a day. I have this false belief that I am missing something if I don't check in. I know that is not true. I know that before FB I did just fine and stayed in touch with the...
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Get Outside
I love November as much as any of the other months that make up the year. I love the seasons as each one brings its own beauty and gifts when we choose to receive them. Yesterday I spent an enjoyable day cleaning. Now for some that might sound strange but I view...
I Do Love a Book Club!
As an author I have been invited to several book club gatherings. It is always so nice to meet with readers who have taken the time and put their energies into buying and reading your book. Having been a member of a book club in the past I realize that the book is not...
The Life of a Writer
This time yesterday morning I was sitting outside the Partridge Island Publishing container in the vibrant Area 506 Container Village. On the table before me I displayed my thirteen titles. Three massive cruise ships were in the Saint John harbor and travelers stopped...
100 Swims
This year I have surpassed previous records for the number of lake swims I have enjoyed in my beautiful Waltons Lake. My first swim this season was on May 28th. By July 2nd I had only reached #10 and it was during that swim that I decided I would swim every day rain...
Great Aunts and Ice-Cream
Perhaps this entry is about gratitude. Perhaps it is about family. Perhaps it is about memory and simple acts of kindness. Let's see where it goes on this gorgeous August morning. I used to keep a summer journal documenting garden challenges and successes,...
What I Know on This Day
Why as human beings are we so slow to learn? The other day it occurred to me that we are always on a very steep learning curve and the lessons don't seem to come quickly or easily. As kids we enter our double digits and in those ten years we are bombarded with...