Category: Personal Insights
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Nothing
I got nothing. Nothing to write about. I have lists of ideas but I don’t feel like writing about any of them. I started writing a piece for a project I’m working on about an event that took place in 8th grade which in my experience was pretty much the suckiest year of living. I…
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Penn State Wins!
A follow-up to yesterday’s post about March Madness and Penn State making it to the NCAA Tournament. They were the underdogs for sure, last night, as they matched up with Texas A&M. I heard Charles Barkley predict before the game that A&M would win by a lot, at least 15 points. He was so wrong!!…
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March Madness
“And the madness begins” is what was going to be the title, but really, the madness began awhile ago…several months ago when men’s college basketball began. I’m rather surprised to be so interested in the Final Four Tournament but then I guess it really shouldn’t be a surprise… I mean, I live with someone who…
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Oscar Takes
I was excited to watch the 95th Academy Awards show last night. I’ve always been a movie buff and as many of you know, I had an almost-20-year run of Oscar celebrations with a childhood friend. We had many fun and wonderful traditions with our Academy Awards adventures but, alas, it came to an end…
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Memoirs
I have always liked reading memoirs. I like knowing the inner workings of someone’s mind and life. I suppose that’s partially why I became a psychotherapist. I learned that you never know what’s really going on for someone on the inside based on their outward appearances. You never know on the surface what is happening…
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Beauty Actually
I saw Liam Neeson on The View yesterday and of course they talked about the many movies he has been in. One is Love Actually and it is a favorite Christmas movie of mine. I remember the first time seeing it thinking it was maybe a little corny but I loved it anyway. Who doesn’t…
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Down Time – Productive After All
Turns out waiting for a cracked rib to heal takes longer than I had anticipated. I guess I was expecting a quick recovery. While the pain is gradually diminishing, I’m realizing that the more I rest, the faster it will heal. Early on I think I did too much and then was set back a…
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Grief Again
On Sunday someone close to us (the girlfriend -soon to be fiance- of Brad’s son) unexpectedly lost her mother who was around our age. It brings home the preciousness of each day. While I don’t have anything new to say about grief, I wanted to write something. Some of the things already said about grief,…
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Food Edition
Our Chinese New Year meal turned out to be pretty tasty, if I do say so myself. Brad and my nephew, Brent, both appeared to enjoy the pork dumplings, shrimp stir-fry and the beer and wine. Brent talked about the many meals I made for him when I lived in Seattle and he would drive…
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Rabbits Everywhere!
The Rabbit Effect I just read the book The Rabbit Effect by Kelli Harding, MD, MPH. “Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness.” This book came out in 2019 and I stumbled across it in the library a couple of weeks ago. It was so interesting that I am now reading…
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