Bittersweet feelings surround the upcoming garage sales. On one hand, lightening the load feels freeing; on the other, it feels like an amputation of sorts. The good news is that the only REAL amputation I have ever experienced was having my chest masculinized, which was one of the most joyous occasions of my life. […]
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Last night my box of gratitude journals arrived. Yay! That means I can drive to the post office very soon and send off the boxes and envelope I’ve been holding onto until they arrived. For a writer, there’s nothing quite like welcoming a new “brainchild” to the world… *sigh* I hope you get
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Lisa has me hooked on her Intricate Mandalas coloring book, now available at Amazon. I’m a big convert now. It is so relaxing and meditative… Here are the links to get the first of her offerings (they won’t be the last!): Intricate Mandalas: https://www.amazon.com/Intricate-Mandalas-Adults-InlandPac-Publishing/dp/B0DNRC57VX/ Simple Mandalas for Kids and Adults: https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Mandalas-Adults-InlandPac-Publishing/dp/B0DNTDC2C7/ I’ve been
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Here is some of what I’ve been learning about moving to Costa Rica. I want to keep it handy so I can review it as the time to go approaches. I don’t need a visa to visit Costa Rica. All I need is a passport that is good for at least two years beyond the
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I have stripped the walls of 99.9% of pictures and other stuff so it looks sterile in here now. Which is frowny sad (to me)! *sigh* But it’s all part of the process. I’m slowly getting used it to. It keeps reminding me to move forward so I’ll be 100% ready to leave here
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OMG! OMG! OMG! If you’ve read my book DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal: A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best you are about to SCREAM with DE-light, I do believe! Because I’m downsizing in preparation to moving to Costa Rica next year, last night I was going through my
This morning I took two hours to clean out my side of the garage, readying it for my first “estate”-like garage sale. It feels like a barn in there now. All the miscellaneous stacked stuff got put back where it actually belongs, freeing up my half to display what I will be offering up during
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My box of gratitude journals should arrive any day now. I’m very much looking forward to getting them. There are several local people I want to give them to as holiday gifts, since I don’t have enough income to get anyone anything else this year. I have $4.91 in checking and a little
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I’m not going to be posting political stuff anymore here or on other social media, for my own mental health and sanity, and the only two sources that I suggest you subscribe to are Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American and Robert Reich’s and Heather Lofthouse’s Saturday Coffee Klatch. These are both reputable people with
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My best friend visited today. We went grocery shopping together and did some catching up. But what we did mostly was commiserate, which was immensely cathartic (for me, at least). I cried at least six times. Which is sooooo unlike me. I’m usually the last to cry, not the first. But I