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How Horse Showing is Like Querying a Novel
Today, I plan to show my horse. We’ve done the work-I think. Yesterday’s school was rough- she wasn’t quite right, and we didn’t practice the whole course. But I’ve done a solid job with the basics. I have appropriate clothes to wear (my tall boots don’t fit yet, but thank the universe for half-chaps!). The…
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I Didn’t Want a Kitten
One of the hazards of working in a vet clinic is the number of temptations (meaning animals that need/want homes) is innumerable. I’m not the best at resisting. But 14 years ago, when one of the vets I worked with brought in 4 kittens, 5 words about undid me. “You know you want one.” I…
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My Dog is Psychic
No, really. I am convinced he is. Not only does he excel at using my dining room table as both dog bed and lookout tower, somehow, he knows the EXACT second I open a writing program. Whether Scrivener or Word, he just knows. I can waste countless hours on social media, watching funny videos on…
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Screw Pumpkin Spice. It’s Burdock season, B*tches!!!
Ah. Fall. The season of foliage, cooler days, all things pumpkin, and of course, burdock. According to Oxford Language Dictionary, burdock is “a large herbaceous Old-World plant of the daisy family. The hook-bearing flowers become woody burrs after fertilization and cling to animals’ coats for seed dispersal.” If only they were as fresh as daisies.…
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Of Rights and Religion
It’s taken me a while to get my thoughts together on these issues. So much to unpack. My views on religion are no secret. I am, after all, writing a book with the working title LUCIFER”S CHILD, the premise of which has been incubating from my childhood. I was the youngster (I think 6 or…
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I Made a Request to the Universe. It Answered.
AKA- A Day in My Crazy Life Let me preface this post with an acknowledgement that I lead an extremely privileged and full life. BUT. It has its challenges. My day usually begins with the happy, chirping meows outside my bedroom door. Usually before dawn. I do my best to ignore this. Until I shift…
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Oh, Can You Smell the Resolutions?
It’s the second day in January, the third year of our COVID infection laden world. Will that be the new signifier? Out with BC and AD, BCE or CE? In with BCo and ACo? We are clearly not out of the woods, so I guess we will see. But looking forward, I have hope. Despite…