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How to Get Mama’s Attention, by Nutmeg, the Dog
“Wake up!!! I wanna play!”
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Running the Gauntlet to Get a Good Night’s Sleep
I actually wrote this blog post in my head a few weeks ago at 3 am when I should have been sleeping. I should have written it down, but instead I repeated it over and over again in hopes that I’d remember it, because I’m actually 5 blog posts behind in my queue, and that’s…
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The Curse of Summer Vacations
The reality of summer never fit with my fantasies.
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Napsodizing
You heard it here first. I just coined a term that means rhapsodizing about naps. And, oh, but I can. I genuinely can think of nothing as luxurious as being able to sleep in the middle of one’s day. It’s delightful. People who have to work hard cannot nap. People whose living situations are precarious…
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Unplug
Recently a friend of mine posted some quotations by the author Anne Lamott on her Facebook page. One that really struck a chord with me was this one: “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Wise words indeed. I thought of them last night when my wifi…
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The Luxury of Leisure
Ah, to have a beautiful sunny day and no plans to fill it with! To read a good book, bask in the sunshine, feel a sea breeze across your face, and play with your dogs. To take a nap in mid-afternoon with only the sound of a distant lawnmower to lull you to sleep. Bliss.…