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Laraine Herring: author's blog: October 2010
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Laraine Herring: author's blog. The writer, fully awake, is dedicated to knowing and not knowing. Monday, October 18, 2010. So long, Ma Bell; it's been fun. There comes a time in every relationship when we must say farewell, good-bye, adieu, go away, so long, get out the back, Jack, get a new plan, Stan. But then I realized I'd have to cancel my land line, for real. I remembered getting my first phone in my name in Phoenix in 1987. Arrival, baby. Adulthood. A phone. Actually, they were. The sigh. I h...
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Laraine Herring: author's blog: December 2011
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Laraine Herring: author's blog. The writer, fully awake, is dedicated to knowing and not knowing. Thursday, December 8, 2011. The most amazing thing is about to happen. I have graded my last paper, responded to my last discussion board, created my last Excel spreadsheet for eight entire months. Two hundred forty days. Please pause for a minute and twenty-seven seconds of really happy (OK, projecting! OK, pause for one more dance. Monkeys! But not until August 15. Monday, December 5, 2011. 1 - 18 months:.
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Laraine Herring: author's blog: February 2011
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Laraine Herring: author's blog. The writer, fully awake, is dedicated to knowing and not knowing. Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Some days you think you really have a sense of what's going to happen. The fact that life has always proven otherwise seems to always fall by the wayside. Yesterday, we had an all-employee meeting. Who knew we had so many employees? Oh happy, happy day. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Writing Warrior Search Inside. Promote Your Page Too. Promote Your Page Too. View my complete profile.
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Laraine Herring: author's blog: July 2011
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Laraine Herring: author's blog. The writer, fully awake, is dedicated to knowing and not knowing. Friday, July 22, 2011. Home Remodeling Part 2: In which Laraine lauds the work of professionals. Here's just a few of the things I learned during Professional Home Improvement Week. 1) Holes in the drywall. Professionals can patch walls and have them not look like wadded up tissue paper. 4) Water damage to the bathroom ceiling from a roof leak three years ago. See # 1. 8) Ladders. Simple. Professiona...9) Fr...
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Laraine Herring: author's blog: Wounded Writing Warrior
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Laraine Herring: author's blog. The writer, fully awake, is dedicated to knowing and not knowing. Monday, January 2, 2012. You'd think with my life of stunning athleticism, grace, Xtreme sports (you should see me on a skateboard) and just plain passion for intense physical activity, (sarcasm alert) that I'd be used to getting hurt. Not so. And swatting at gypsy children who circled me right away once I was the wounded-walking-weak. The second time was two years ago after a yoga class. I tripped i...So, a...
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Laraine Herring: author's blog: Girl, Ya Gotta Work It, Work It
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Laraine Herring: author's blog. The writer, fully awake, is dedicated to knowing and not knowing. Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Girl, Ya Gotta Work It, Work It. My twenties mostly sucked. I had graduated from college and couldn't find work in Tucson, so I returned to Phoenix, a place I swore I'd never go back to. Besides my family, the two people who kept me sane, focused, and fired up, were Arvin Loudermilk. In that same year. We all moved on from there. And so it never is. And so I am a writer. Click on the ...
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Laraine Herring: author's blog: August 2011
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Laraine Herring: author's blog. The writer, fully awake, is dedicated to knowing and not knowing. Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Home Improvement Part 3: In Which Laraine Marvels at How Much Fur Cats Make. It all started with knobs. We were wandering through Cost Plus one afternoon and they had drawers of funky knobs for drawers. I thought - hey! Since I do live here, the next right thing to do was to make it my house again. They even shop-vacced in the walls between the baseboards. Even the walls! Creating ...
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Laraine Herring: author's blog: May 2011
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Laraine Herring: author's blog. The writer, fully awake, is dedicated to knowing and not knowing. Monday, May 9, 2011. PTSD: Post-Traumatic Semester Disorder. My mother tells me a story of a time before my sister was born. I would have been around two, and we were at the playground. I was on the slide, when a boy came along and pushed me off, giving me a bruise. I think my mother tells this story because she thought my response was so unusual. What did I do that caused this to happen? I don't think it's ...
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Cain Carroll: Awakenings Blog: October 2010
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Thursday, October 7, 2010. Alternation and continuity are two infallible laws of nature. How long any given experience (thought, emotion, sensation, relationship, etc.) will endure is difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain. The speed at which things change is similarly elusive. There is no mathematical equation or metaphysical system that perfectly explains how alternation and continuity work. We only know that they keep going round and round. We get into trouble when we fail to accept them both.
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Cain Carroll: Awakenings Blog: Grasping at Happiness is Futile
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010. Grasping at Happiness is Futile. Feelings come and go like changing seasons. It’s our reluctance to fully appreciate all of them that makes us feel divide inside. We were taught to feel bad about not feeling good. We learned this from a neurotic culture that is pathologically addicted to unattainable ideals (flawless beauty, eternal youth, perfect happiness). We can un-learn it! Like removing corrupted software from our CPU…Delete program! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).