I ran into a friend at Starbuck’s this afternoon.
She: “We’re going camping tonight.”
Me: “I’m going to the AC/DC concert.”
She: (Laughing) “Oh, you’ll be soooo stoned.”
Me: (Weak laugh) “Welllllll…..not really. But I probably should be.”
I won’t, in fact, be stoned. I won’t be drunk, either. Or even tipsy. As a recovering alcoholic, I’ll be stone cold [...]
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Not that long ago, I saw a hummingbird pause.
It wasn’t the one in my picture above, but rather one out in my yard that I didn’t capture with my camera. The tiny bird buzzed over to a tree branch, alighted, and then…stopped. It sat there for at least a minute, perfectly still.
I had never seen [...]
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These days if you’re a writer who wants to get published, here’s one surefire way: choose an activity (the more off-the-wall, the better) and do it for one whole year. Write a blog about it, and then turn that blog into a book — maybe even into a movie.
Recently there’s been a spate of writers [...]
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A little more than a year ago, I got drunk for the last time.
I didn’t know it was going to be the last time – not that it would have made any difference. I mean, I don’t think I would have drank more or in a different manner or have chosen a different venue or [...]
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Again with the funk.
So I’m making a list. Because you can never make too many gratitude lists, right?
Tonight, before I head off to my 8pm Sunday meeting, I am thankful for:
the way Daisy dashes to the back of the yard when we return from a walk, to check to see if any squirrels have dared [...]
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It’s been two months since Diane Schuler drove the wrong way on New York’s Taconic State Parkway and the resulting crash killed Schuler and seven others, including her two-year-old daughter and her two young nieces. When the news broke a few days later that Schuler’s autopsy had revealed large amounts of both alcohol and marijuana [...]
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…before I ended up with one of these in my Christmas stocking.
File under: “Really? Really?”
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Thunderstorms. Canceled flights. Wildly incorrect flight notifications. Lost luggage.
The travel gods were against me last Thursday, as I attempted to fly to Virginia for a reunion and football weekend with my college girlfriends.
It began as I sat on the tarmac for three hours at my home airport, while the pilot waited for clearance to take [...]
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This afternoon, I’m heading back East to reunite with my college girlfriends for a football weekend. When I mentioned this in my home meeting this week, a friend suggested I attend an AA meeting while in Virginia. I’m embarrassed to say that I hadn’t even considered that.
In spite of the fact that football games and [...]
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This is one of Daisy’s balls.
Daisy, in case you missed that post, is the one-year-old rescue dog who joined our family a month ago.
She’s an active dog, and still very puppylike in many ways. One of her favorite activities is playing fetch, and while she chases and snatches up balls with great enthusiasm and speed, [...]
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