Author: Tara
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Mindfulness Summit 2015
My friend, T posted this on her FB page as an event she was planning on attending. I had seen it before on another friend’s post, but had only glanced at it then. So, this time I took a closer look at it. In the past, people have suggested the idea of meditation and tried…
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_The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt
Yikes! I started this post almost a year ago and didn’t realize that I never really finished it. When I was reading my friend’s blog the other day, it made me wonder if I had ever written about my brief version or not…. Apparently ‘not’ is the answer. So, here it is: Back in my…
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Reflections
I was writing in my journal today, which I must say I have been fairly diligent with suggesting that perhaps the ol’ pen and paper might not be dead yet, and happened to read back over the last 18 months. It’s almost hard to remember what my life was like just a year and a…
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When Enough is Enough…
I always knew there would come a time in my career when I should give up on teaching. I felt that time had come a few years ago, but I have kept pushing on thinking perhaps different levels or different circumstances will make it better. After spending a full semester away from the classroom doing…
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News Flash: You’re Just Not That Important!
This is another posting about driving – not about my car, though! 😀 Now that I am higher up on the roads and less bullied, I am more aware of other dangers on the road – or rather, give more attention to different bad driving habits. Using cell phones while driving. Although social media has…
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One Less Car
Everything tends to happen for a reason in life and it generally isn’t until after the fact that we come to understand just what that or those reasons are exactly. Back in May, I bought my ‘new’ LR2 and put my beloved Daihatsu up for sale. I put it on the market for a fairly…
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Summer 2015: Scandinavia – Bergen, Norway
Back to my updates on summer travels – it is fun to look back at all that I did in such a short time! So, our last stop in Norway was Bergen. We took another ferry from Belastrand to Bergen. It was a fairly chilly ride, so we stayed inside for most of this one.…
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Week 2 Down
Today has been a day of total rest. I even took a nap! Somehow this past week was jam-packed and for me that is never a very good thing as I need down time to recuperate. So, I will try this weekend to also layout a schedule that will work for me on a regular…
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Picking up speed….
It’s only week 2 of the semester and everything is starting to speed up…. I am going to have to be careful not to overdo myself as I can definitely tell a major crash could occur…. Everything is good at the moment, thankfully! Although I wasn’t totally enthused to be back in the classroom, I…
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Summer 2015: Scandinavia – Belastrand, Norway
One of the main reasons to head to the west coast of Norway is to see the fjords. It was beautiful just to wake up to the view of the lake and we got to watch a bit more of the parasailing competition before we hopped on the three-car local train from Voss to make…
