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September 12, 2019 Crankygiraffe2 Comments

There are things I have always wanted to do: skills I've wanted to learn and regretted never having done before, books I've wanted to read, ideas I've wanted to explore, interests I've wanted to pursuit. Despite these desires, thought, I've always found an excuse to not do them. The biggest thing I ever wanted to… Continue reading Action

It’s a Half New Year
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It’s a Half New Year

July 4, 2015July 4, 2015 CrankygiraffeLeave a comment

One of the nice things about the residency year beginning in July is that it's like having a second "new beginning" to the year.  It's a great feeling to think there is another chance to "re-do" or re-evaluate how things are going in your life.  At the real beginning of the year, I set some… Continue reading It’s a Half New Year

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Could I Ever be Wild?

June 9, 2015June 7, 2015 Crankygiraffe1 Comment

Is this based on a true story? she asked in mild disbelief as she stroked the cover of my lightly worn novel.  She was holding my copy of Wild By Cheryl Strayed, which I had just finished reading moments earlier. Yes, I replied in confirmation of her suspicions. Wow.  Would you ever consider doing something… Continue reading Could I Ever be Wild?

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Quick Goals Update

May 5, 2015May 5, 2015 Crankygiraffe4 Comments

I'm going to do this month's goals update a little differently - mostly for the sake of time and brevity.  My goals can be broadly categorized into Physical Wellbeing, Emotional/psychological Wellbeing, and Other (I guess).  I'll still use the same colour coding as before, but I'll just give a brief update for each category: Physical… Continue reading Quick Goals Update

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May 1, 2015 CrankygiraffeLeave a comment

When we think of the past, it's the beautiful things we pick out.  We want to believe it was all like that." ~Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale Every May 1 - It is MayDay... and I am reminded of one of the most powerful pieces of literature that I have ever read. I wake up… Continue reading MayDay

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Blogger Friends Got Ideas!

Yesterday, after my Alter Ego, Cranky Giraffe, posted about my son’s crazy little love letter to his newest idol, Lady Gaga, an old old blogging friend tweeted it, with an idea that maybe he could meet her!  I know the likelihood of it being re-tweeted by anyone other than myself is pretty low… But who […]

It’s Been a Long Time…

“It’s been a long time since I came around Been a long time but I’m back in town And this time I’m not leaving without you” ~Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) I know I haven’t been here blogging for quite a long time (almost a year and a half…), but there was something about blogging that […]

The Common Sense Problem

The airplane seat map shows that the emergency exit row seats are considered “less desirable.” It’s a little ironic since they come with extra leg room, even if they don’t recline (really, who needs to recline 2 inches when you have two extra feet of leg room?). I think the real reason they are less […]

Walking Tall

This month I’m traveling around the country to check out fellowship positions. It is exhausting, trying, lonely, and often confusing. Most of all, I miss my kids. I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how fellowship and moving to one of these places would fit into the current, ideal, little life of […]

Happiness, Please

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth.  We are happy when we are growing. ~John Butler Yeats, 1909 Is there a difference between pleasure and happiness? I had never really thought much about it until today.  My husband sent me an interview by Dr. Robert Lustig, who just […]

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