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Category Archives: Aging
No Pain, No G… Wait, Is That An Option?
Note: This is part 2 of our amazing trip to Peru. If you haven’t read part one, go back and dot that! Then, join me as I stagger up the Salkantay trail, en route to Machu Picchu. These posts are … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Beautiful places, Beauty, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Life, Musings, My world, Natural beauty, Nature, Personal change, summer vacation, travel, Women's issues, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged Beauty, Challenging myself, Machu Picchu, nature, Personal, Peru, Tales from the Motherland, The Andes, travel, Trekking Salkantay
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After The Bug
Tomorrow we depart for Peru and my stomach is churning. Thankfully, it’s just nerves… now. The stomach bug that laid me low, low, low last weekend has mostly passed. This does seem to be a dastardly bug that lingers for … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Beautiful places, Blog, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Parenting, Summer, Teens, travel, Writing
Tagged Captain Jack's, Dan & Whit's, Dartmouth, Family reunions, Fireflies, Jenga, Machu Picchu, Paleo diet, Tales from the Motherland, the Amazon, travel, Vermont
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Ten Miles in the Snow… Uphill… Both Ways…Barefoot.
No photos, no extras. Just my hot air. This is bound to be one of those “back when I was a kid” rants, and it’s bound to offend someone. I admit, it’s a rant. And, I fully accept that to … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, blogs, Daily Observations, Foreign exchange students, High School, Honest observations on many things, Life, Musings, My world, Parenting, Teens, Writing
Tagged aging, cell phones in school, change, changing times, consequences, discipline, high school, parenting, parenting styles, Tales from the Motherland, teaching, Teens
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Things That Bump Me in the Night.
I don’t sleep well. It’s something I’ve been aware of for a very long time, but lately I see that it takes a real toll. I have a friend who’s been pointing out the health benefits of good sleep, for … Continue reading
The Middle: My Son Brought Home a Bitch, and Other Tales From Collegeland
This has been a huge week in our house. An all-college, all the time, kind of week; and I’m fried! We’ve been dealing with college age kids, college dramas, returning home from college, end of college school year, college graduation: one … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, road trip, Wonderful Things
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Drunk Texting… Drunk Blogging, On a Very Big Day.
(Written late Sunday evening; photos posted Monday. No sober editing.) When I was in college, there was the dreaded drunk call. You got drunk, and inevitably dialed the wrong person’s number… Usually a boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, a crush… the wrong person: … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, Parenting, Women, Wonderful Things
Tagged aging, college graduation, drinking and blogging, drunk blogging, graduation, life events, milestones, parenting, religion, Tales from the Motherland
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Call Me Prissy… Butt 2.
Note #1 to readers: This was originally posted on August 27, 2011, not long after I’d begun blogging. Strangely enough, this post has had an amazing life. In it’s first weeks on line it got relatively slow hits, or views. Steady, … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Beauty, Blog, Daily Observations, Freshly Pressed, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, Women, Women's issues, Writing, Yoga
Tagged advertising, Beavis and Butthead, butts, fashion, Humor, parenting, sarcasm, sexualization of children, Tales from the Motherland, Teens, Thongs
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Fifty Shades of Humiliation… at Costco.
WARNING: Kids, my kids (adopted or birthed), do not read this one! Do not read it. Trust me, it’s embarrassing enough without you thinking of fifty new ways that your mom is not who you thought she was. Best to … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, blogs, Ego, getting published, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Parenting, Sarcasm, The U.N., Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Books, Costco, Fifty Shades of Grey, getting published, humiliation, reading, sex, sexy writing, Tales from the Motherland, writing
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Bitch is a Dude
Note: Don’t judge me. I am a hot wired momma and that plays well and not so well, depending on the day and the circumstances. I am openly admitting my wrongs here, but this is my story. I’ve put it … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Ego, getting published, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Sarcasm, Teens, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged bitch, bitchy, double standards, getting published, mothers, parenting, raising teens, sexism, Tales from the Motherland, Teens
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TALES FROM THE MOTHERLAND 