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My current position in my job allows me to stay out of the classroom for the most part. I still teach a few regular private lessons for our clients, but most of the time I pass on classroom teaching gigs. One of the reasons is that teaching to our clients can require us/me to travel all over the city. Riding the trains more than necessary is not on the top of my list…
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Graduations
‘Tis the season of celebrations 🎉. Back in my day (yep, old people saying…), graduations were for major achievements like finishing high school or the amazing feat of university. These were not necessarily benchmarks that everyone would achieve; thus, warranting a celebration. Nowadays, I see posts for graduations from kindergarten and every minor achievement reached. It’s almost blasé when someone shares they’ve passed their doctoral exams – as if it’s just another everyday…
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Maintaining the habit…
Work has been busy this week, and so the evenings, when I usually write something here from my phone, have been more about relaxing or doing things other than writing. However, I do not want to get out of the habit of posting, so today I shall ramble a bit rather than write with focus. Sometimes, it is good to just share random thoughts – I mean not everything has to be profound,…
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How long would you search for me?
My obsession with true crime podcasts and (audio)books can sometimes necessitate a bit of a step back to process the dark issues that can come up from listening to these kinds of stories. Inevitably, one part of these stories is the search for the victims. In some cases, they are rarely or never really missed due to dysfunctional families and relationships. In other cases, days can go by before anyone begins to worry…
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Wordsmithing: ‘there’
One of the problems with communication is using the most accurate wording to express our ideas and thoughts. As a child, I learned how to record conversations in my head when someone was arguing with or mad at me so that I could pick it apart later to replay what I would or should have said back to make myself understood. Of course, it would be too late (unless the same topic came…
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Whispers
I’m sitting waiting on a stranger’s back deck listening to the beautiful sounds of nature. The birds are singing to one another and the trees are whispering their secrets spreading from one leaf to another like ripples that turn into waves that crash up on the beach. I’m reminded of this book I read late last year: The Hidden Life of Trees, and wonder what old stories are being told in the whispering…
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Day 31: #whyshewrites
Share one line of your own writing Seems like one line is not enough…. Today is the end of the #whyshewriteschallenge and I must say that I’ve enjoyed it overall. It also served to push me into writing and sharing more. So, really for the last 31 days I have been sharing my writing as this is the general way I write for general consumption. Readers are welcome to read through the blog…
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Day 30: #whyshewrites
How do you support other women writers? Initially, my answer to this was that I really don’t. 🤭 However, after a bit more thought, 🤔I realized that the best way that I can support any writer is by reading her writing. 🤓 I enjoy reading a variety of books from Danielle Steel, Nora Roberts to Laura Ingalls Wilder to Ayn Rand, Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Gilbert to, of course, the classics with Jane Austen,…
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Day 29: #whyshewrites
What is your writing goal this year? At the beginning of the year, I avoided publicly sharing any goals for this year so that I did not feel disappointed by the end of it. 😅 Also, that way no one could point out if I missed something – not that anyone keeps track of my life, or wants to, as much as I do. 😜 Still, I do make them. And, I did…
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