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Obsessions of a Workaholic: July 2015

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Obsessions of a Workaholic. What do you do when life gives you lemons? Re-gift them to someone else. Sunday, July 26, 2015. I finally found a job, though it's not at the local school that I was hoping for. I'm going to teach full-time at a school in Small Town, Tennessee. Based on the online research I've done so far, the town is a lot like my Midwestern hometown, which I spent eighteen years wanting to escape from. My professors were unanimous in their advice. "Go to Tennessee," they said. "It's...I too...

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Obsessions of a Workaholic: February 2015

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Obsessions of a Workaholic. What do you do when life gives you lemons? Re-gift them to someone else. Monday, February 23, 2015. Why I'm Not Dating. 1 When I work out at the gym, both the muscular guys and the not-so-muscular guys either ignore me altogether or take one look at me and immediately avert their gaze to the girls with bigger boobs, flatter stomachs, and tighter clothes that accentuate their bigger boobs and flatter stomachs. There is NOT ENOUGH coffee to wake me up right now! 3 I mentioned in...

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Obsessions of a Workaholic: June 2015

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Obsessions of a Workaholic. What do you do when life gives you lemons? Re-gift them to someone else. Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Ten Questions for a Dating Coach. On the other hand, I thought of all the articles I'd read in women's magazines with titles like, "How to Get a Second Date," or "How to Make Him Want You," or "If He's Not Texting Back, That Means He Likes You." (Okay, I made up that last one, but there ARE articles out there like that.). At the very least it might help to have some support. 3 When...

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City Muse Country Muse: Joining Jeanne

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014. Ten years ago, my life fell apart. My dad had two heart attacks, my husband had an affair and one of my best friend's brain literally exploded. My dad recovered. My marriage healed. But Jeanne's brain could not withstand the resulting trauma of a ruptured brain aneurysm. Since then, there have been countless moments where I ached to pick up the phone and to hear her stilted, low laugh. But none of those moments compare in magnitude to now. I didn't have a good feeling about i...

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City Muse Country Muse: Book Reviews

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I think that the past two, have been better reading months. I am excited about a few of the books and even the backstories of the books I read. This is so important to me in writing because the good ones inform my own attempts. One of them even makes my five star list on Goodreads! Most recently, I read the Divergent. Was great. I ate it up. The second book felt like an action movie - all car chases but not much substance, and the last book? Never took itself seriously, which was good because the whole p...

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City Muse Country Muse: Thursday Post

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Thursday, July 25, 2013. An update of sorts. In loving, we give pieces of ourselves away that can never be recovered, plucked and held out in hesitant offerings. Hobble ourselves in some human effort to wade through little natures. Maybe now, I should learn to pray. July 25, 2013 at 9:11 AM. This is touching. No matter what we give away we must ensure its worth losing and be ready to gain from the loss. July 25, 2013 at 10:24 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Be FABULOUS. Follow us! Yep, its been a...

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City Muse Country Muse: Friday Original Poem : Guest Poet, Kathy Cannon Wiechman

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Friday, June 21, 2013. Friday Original Poem : Guest Poet, Kathy Cannon Wiechman. Juliet and I met Kathy at a Highlights Foundation workshop. Kathy is one of those writers that I wish I could be. She is dedicated, prolific and gives the best hugs. A couple years ago when I switched gears and started to focus on poetry, Kathy mentioned that her mother was a published poet. Kathy also told me that poetry wasn't for her. But this week she posted on Swagger Writers. By Kathy Cannon Wiechman. Kathy, you are li...