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Paddling Her Own Canoe: August 2014
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Saturday, August 30, 2014. Food orgy: curbing the craving. I have a confession to make: I am a food junkie. I love the smell, sight and especially the taste of food. I am addicted to sugar and particularly to chocolate. I was tiny as a kid and a young woman. Chalk it up to an amazing metabolism, but not to my eating habits. I wiped the donut crumbs from my mouth. I already had wolfed down that donut. The wrong donut. Someone else's donut. She didn't believe me. How could you eat it so quickly? Maybe you'...
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Paddling Her Own Canoe: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Living small: Cutting through the clutter. So many books, so little time! After spending $5 to buy five books at the library's book sale last week, I am now faced with tough choices. Because I live in 600 square feet, I have one self-imposed rule: one new item into the house means one old item from the same category must find a new home. The naked truth: It's time to let go of five old books. But here in my cozy, small living room/study/dining room, it is time to make tough choice...
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Paddling Her Own Canoe: A time to gather possessions, a time to let go
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Sunday, November 16, 2014. A time to gather possessions, a time to let go. Before I die, there's going to be some 'splaining to do. This circa-1920s beauty is no relation to me. So why do I display her photo atop my bookcases in my living room? Odd, isn't it? And then we have the Bunny Girl. Her name hasn't come to me yet. However, I'm intrigued as to why she is holding two bunnies in her arms in her studio portrait. Were these bunnies her pets? Susan, who is paddling her own canoe. Cynthia J. McGean.
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Paddling Her Own Canoe: Mothering in the trenches: Finding time for yourself when your kids are little
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Mothering in the trenches: Finding time for yourself when your kids are little. In my downsizing quest, I've found stacks of old articles I wrote 15 years ago, when I was in the mothering trenches raising young children. Here's the opening to a story I wrote that was published in. Magazine in March 1999 when my kids were 9 and 6. Could I pour some juice for Conor? Answer Katie's questions about her homework? Where was Conor's Batman cape? And when was I coming out? Fifteen year...
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Paddling Her Own Canoe: July 2015
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Friday, July 10, 2015. This morning, my dragon boating teammates are driving to Vancouver, British Columbia, taking a ferry to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. They will be paddling in the Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival. This weekend. They'll be staying in the Painted Turtle Guesthouse. A renovated heritage hostel near the waterfront in quaint, downtown Nanaimo. They'll be hosted by a friendly, fun-loving Canadian dragon boat team. There will be music, dancing and merriment after the races. Through the trials ...
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Paddling Her Own Canoe: May 2014
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Monday, May 26, 2014. Don't let obstacles block your happiness. Something's blocking your way! What do you do? When we walked into Mississippi Pizza ready to dance to Kory Quinn's music, I immediately noticed guitar cases haphazardly piled on the tiny dance floor at the base of the stage. They should move those guitar cases," I told Kirby. "Someone might trip.". Or just listen to the music from the sidelines and watch the other dancers having fun? How do you approach life's potential roadblocks? But in t...
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Paddling Her Own Canoe: Being fearless: My first solo ski run
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Sunday, April 5, 2015. Being fearless: My first solo ski run. This ski season, I conquered my fear of the chair lift,. Made my first solo ski runs and started parallel skiing. My heart beating wildly, I skied toward the chair lift for my first solo ride to the top of the mountain. I was determined to conquer my fear of falling to my death from the chair lift. For more than three decades, this irrational fear had kept me from skiing again. Can you do this? Can you do this? I asked myself again. But this t...
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Paddling Her Own Canoe: May 2015
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Friday, May 8, 2015. Adventure for one: My first solo hike. Blue larkspur bloomed beside the trail. The sunrise through the woods was glorious Sunday morning. It was going to be a stunning day in the Columbia River Gorge, and I needed to get outside before my work week began again. I was itching to go hiking. In my old life, I hiked first with my husband, and then with my husband and children. But now I am alone. And then it hit me: Why not hike alone? Even married women or women with a committed signifi...
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Paddling Her Own Canoe: April 2015
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Sunday, April 5, 2015. Being fearless: My first solo ski run. This ski season, I conquered my fear of the chair lift,. Made my first solo ski runs and started parallel skiing. My heart beating wildly, I skied toward the chair lift for my first solo ride to the top of the mountain. I was determined to conquer my fear of falling to my death from the chair lift. For more than three decades, this irrational fear had kept me from skiing again. Can you do this? Can you do this? I asked myself again. But this t...
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