Category Archives: My Blog

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Taking A Break

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Nancy

Today is a national holiday, but here I sit, writing my blog because it’s Monday and that’s the day I always write my blog. As I put up water for tea, I did give a passing thought to skipping the … Continue reading →

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I Am Afraid

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Nancy

I did another video, day before the election. View it and find out why I’m afraid. Tweet

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How I Process (And How You Do)!

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Nancy

The other night as we were falling asleep my partner shared some information he had obtained about something he was pursuing in his life. When I woke up in the middle of the night, all sorts of ideas were percolating in … Continue reading →

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The Caterpillar

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Nancy

On Saturday I was at a meeting. A young woman mentioned that she had read something extraordinary. The writer said that when she was a child she would spend hours squatting by a caterpillar, watching how it moved, looking at … Continue reading →

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Connected Thoughts: Happiness

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Nancy

After writing the blog last Monday, and actually doing some of what I actually wanted to do each day, I realized that I have a hard time just ‘being happy”. If I feel content, my mind very quickly jumps to … Continue reading →

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Keep On Trucking

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Nancy

Sometimes Mondays feel like a big drag. I have to do all these work-related tasks, many of which I don’t even enjoy. They always take longer than I think they’re going to take, and then the afternoon rolls around and … Continue reading →

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Expectations

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Nancy

http://youtu.be/U3ahwf2GQ3U I forgot to add that most of the vacation was really fun, especially swimming in Lake Tahoe together. When my four-year-old grandson realized he could swim to me, and I lifted him up the first time, he exclaimed … Continue reading →

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Eve Ensler: OneBillionRising.org

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Nancy

Eve Ensler was interviewed on DemocracyNow this morning, and was truly inspirational. Despite battling cancer herself, she has organized an event in February called ‘OneBillionRising” so that women all over the world can dance in the streets, in their towns, … Continue reading →

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Alcoholism: Why It’s Still Hard For Me To Deal With

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Nancy

My second husband was an alcoholic. I didn’t know the first thing about alcoholism when I married him. I thought the word referred to drunks on the street who pushed around overflowing shopping carts. I’ve learned that it is a … Continue reading →

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Going On Vacation

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Nancy

We leave today for a vacation in Lake Tahoe, where we are meeting all of our kids, spouses and grandkids. It’s very exciting, since we’ve all never spent time together in this way. No blogging for two weeks, until I … Continue reading →

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