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Currently, my biggest challenge is promoting my book. If it weren’t for the charity organizations that will (could) benefit from my future book sales, then I would probably say, “Well, WTH, I wrote a book. I published it! Well done,” and pat myself on one of my shoulders and forget all about it.
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The old year has been good to me
That’s in retrospect, of course
Because from this perspective
All bad looks smaller.
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I had to laugh because it’s true. Last night we cut down the cardboard boxes, because Monday is trash collection in our area.
… This little girl and her partner in crime had me in stitches. This is going to be a good day. I got my morning laugh and will be smiling…
… My favorite calls from potential new customers: “Can you fix this, please?” My standard answer: “I am not a magician.” Followed by the question: “Is the dog still alive?”
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Hope is not the thing with feathers
That comes home to roost
When you need it most.
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A monthly review, late as usual. September, a month full of surprises, life just the way it’s supposed to be. “My wife will divorce me,” a statement made by my husband at an eye exam. It’s so typical for him, but he meant it.
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My husband, the crazy, wonderful man I have been married to for decades, worked 14 hours straight, two days in a row. Which—how do I put it mildly—is completely insane.
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I didn’t know what cornbread was. It’s part of the American heritage, a kind of sweet bread made out of maize that’s hardly known in Europe, or Austria, where I am originally from.