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Shan's Swirl: the mother of all reviews
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Saturday, August 8, 2015. The mother of all reviews. In the last 9 months or so I've fallen so far off the blogging wagon that I haven't even posted book reviews. Many of the books I've read I've drafted posts about - some full of notes and thoughts at the time, and some just with the title as a place-holder in my drafts folder. My night stand on any given night. Before our conversation turns into a free-for-all we go around the table and say. 1 Like it/didn't like it. 2 Would/wouldn't recommend it.
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Shan's Swirl: 04/01/2015 - 05/01/2015
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015. The dying of the light. When is the sunset? Is it the moment the sun touches the hilltop and flares brightly for a moment,. As when you first kissed me. And I - weak in the knees -. Had to hold you strong moments longer. Until I could again stand on my own? Or is it when the last ray dips behind the hill,. When the last email is sent and. I know there will be no reply;. When the last kiss is identified. Only long after the fact? The light between one and another moment spans.
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Shan's Swirl: 10/01/2014 - 11/01/2014
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Sunday, October 26, 2014. I took myself on a little get-away this weekend with the intention to clear my head and heart a little. And while I did accomplish that to some degree, it was definitely not with the grace for myself and others that I would have liked. I had fun. I pushed myself. I dove in fully (actually fell backwards into the water. Fully). I also hid out and watched atrocious TV in my hotel room, ate chips for supper and texted Freckles, Shiney and Diva Moe - my trifecta of saving graces.
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Shan's Swirl: 08/01/2015 - 09/01/2015
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Saturday, August 15, 2015. Orphan Train: a book club review. Uses the classic (a.k.a. cliché) story-within-a-story structure. The framing story has troubled Goth teenager Molly meeting aged rich lady Vivian to do some community service. There are no surprises in Orphan Train -. It's a good book. On the 'liked/didn't like, recommend/don't recommend, three-word review' test for book club I'd say. Predictable, enjoyable, fails to impress. Dear sweet funny bad-ass Little E hosted a luscious summer patio dinn...
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Shan's Swirl: my dad
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Sunday, June 21, 2015. Happy happy Father's Day xo. My dad is not the man I think I know. He is a mystery - a much cherished, little understood ideal. Or what makes a joke funny. Or how many raisins make a bran muffin perfect. He is why my sons and I have. Flaring bouts of righteous indignation. He is a model few men since have measured up to. My dad is not a photo I can find of us together. Those are a few frozen moments - not even the most important ones. Or a pink Jeep on a hillside. Mudd Bunnies - Lo...
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Shan's Swirl: 03/01/2015 - 04/01/2015
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015. I have something to say. I have something to say. But first I have a story to tell. I may have told this story before - here or elsewhere - so if it's familiar to you, just bear with me:. Mrs Rogers, mid-lecture, 1981. I was slightly flabbergasted - and perhaps a smidge put in my place - at both her insight and the long-range game that she had been playing. It still moves me. I have been home from Jamaica. Cheeky said "well, are you the best at what you do? And I hedged my answ...
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Shan's Swirl: 02/01/2015 - 03/01/2015
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Friday, February 6, 2015. Intentionality and the lost art of apologizing. You're playing with a sharp pocket knife when it slips from your hand and lands point down in your friend's foot. You didn't mean it. You were just playing around, but somehow that doesn't ease the pain or staunch the blood. Why are words different? Why do people assume that their intentions are relevant when their words cause pain or offense? If the pen is mightier than the sword aren't words something to be used with care? To rea...
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Shan's Swirl: 11/01/2014 - 12/01/2014
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Sunday, November 30, 2014. Reverb Prompt 1: Today, I invite you to take a quiet moment to consider: what can you say right now with certainty? For all the constant change going on around me this year, I actually have a lot of clarity and certainty in some spots, which helps ground me through it all. For 5 months) is sometimes a challenge for me, but they have risen to the occasion, are creating great lives for themselves, and I love them for supporting me as much as I support them. Reflecting back on ano...
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Shan's Swirl: 07/01/2015 - 08/01/2015
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. The crabs in the bucket. Back when K'os first emerged on the western Canadian music scene in the early 2000s (I imagine he was already known in eastern Canada before then), I thought little of his song 'Crabbuckit' other than 'It's got a good tune and I can dance to it' (some of you are too young to get that reference; get offa my lawn). I like crabs. They are intriguing, adaptable, tasty creatures. But you wouldn't want to be in a bucket with a bunch of them. In fact, much of t...
