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Culture & LifestyleDecember 13, 2014November 14, 2020

Ten Life-Changing Things I Learned from the Holiday Season

Another holiday season is upon us. It is here whether we celebrate or not, or whether we want it to be here or not. The choice is ours to participate in it or to hide under a rock from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day. I have to admit that I have been tempted to do…

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Culture & LifestyleOctober 31, 2014November 14, 2020

Want to Know What is Truly Creepy on Halloween?

It’s that time of year when all the goblins and ghosts and scary monsters come out of their holes. Some are utterly frightening and some are mildly irritating. It’s all pretty creepy if you ask me. But, what monsters am I referring to? Creepy men (yes, this blog is about creepy men, but stay with…

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Culture & LifestyleSeptember 11, 2014November 14, 2020

We Have Forgotten

It is a foggy day today, September 11, 2014. As I sit at one my favorite cafés writing, I honestly am asking myself how much more can be written about this tragic day. I feel as if I am reiterating the same old sentiment: “never forget.” With all of the articles, eBooks, blogs and conspiracy…

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Peace not Violence
Culture & LifestyleDecember 19, 2012November 14, 2020

Reflections on Violence and Guns

Yesterday was the start of a new week after the needless shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Sandy Hook, CT, on Dec 14, 2012. I dropped off my child at school yesterday morning and was saddened to see a police car and two officers with their guns standing outside the school in place of the…

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Culture & LifestyleNovember 20, 2012November 14, 2020

I am Thankful…

Thanksgiving is a reflective and special time for me. It will always be because there was a time when I was not so thankful for my life. Years ago, during one Thanksgiving season, I left an abusive relationship. It was one of the most courageous steps I had to take to save myself, my spirit,…

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I'm California-beach raised gone Rocky-Mountain-sophisticated living in Denver and love nature, green tea, and good books. I blog about the human experience, creative living, wellness, self-growth and hope to inspire you to live your best life.

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“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.” -Alejandro Jodorowsky

“The greatness of humanity is not in being human but in being humane” – Mahatma Gandhi

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