I don’t know about you, but I’ve been known over the years to exclaim excitingly “it’s a sign” and hope something magical happens. Now, I’m quite happy at this point in life to not wait and wonder and hopefully just find a sign pointing me in the direction of something that makes me happy. It…
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It’s that time of year where my wandering takes me away from the trails, lakes and other people’s flower gardens toward the wonderful surprises to be found along Main Street in Michigan.. It’s a favorite time of the year, between enjoying my camera and books, to listen to a few operatic favorites, appreciate the arts…
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The beautiful fall week was filled with mysteries, but Sherlock Harper thought it was beneath her to help me solve this year’s Mystery Mtn Dew flavor that I’m struggling to identify, but will be very happy to continue taste testing for a result. While I should have been outdoors more with my camera, I found…
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You may have noticed an occasional reference to some of my favorite things, but this week I thought I would mention a few favorite obsessions. It was very difficult to move on from the recent coffee candy corn obsession, but the fabulous P.F. Chang’s Home Menu Frozen Kung Pao Cauliflower quieted the candy corn mania.…
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As the days whiz by leaving one at a momentary loss trying to remember what day or month is upon us, it’s necessary some days to check nature’s calendar to verify that we’re actually in the middle of September. Caramel apples and cider are a surefire sign it’s September along with the squirrels stockpiling their…
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Over my lifetime I’ve always sent out those silent thoughts to the universe of how about a peaceful week and now have realized in middle age a stronger message is sometimes needed. Having that coffee mug reminder helps when you immediately begin your day encountering obstacles and one can hope the first thought will be…
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There have been moments lately when I feel like the universe is quietly laughing at me. As a curious soul, I’m always looking for more information and new thoughts, but things have gone in an extremely strange direction since the pandemic began. I’ve discovered that some days I’m very close to being a vegetarian and…
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The first buzz of electricity after out power outage last week created a great surge of gratitude and I was so happy that I hugged my Keurig coffee maker. It brought back memories of the gratitude journal phase from decades ago and made me wonder if it had slowly faded away because of life or…
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Well, obviously summer heard me bad-mouthing it earlier in the week and wanted to show me how much more I could dislike summer. We’re currently among the 616,000 in our area without power after a week of heat advisories, severe storms and what felt like a record setting six hours straight of thunder and lightning.…
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As I’ve been wandering around this week my thoughts have drifted back to my journey over the last two decades to simplify life and the simple truth of the matter is that life often likes to make itself very difficult to simplify. One would think after the years of work and a blog dedicated to…
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