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Slice of Time
Clouds obscured our eclipse on Monday. Our California setting would only have allowed us a crescent sun, had the clouds not been in the way. We missed out on a lot so I watched a friend’s video as it...
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Favorite WoM Reads of 2017~Compiled by Lorrie Goldin
“Right about now, New Year’s vows to go to the gym and stop eating sugar are falling by the wayside. But here’s a resolution that’s pure pleasure without the sweat or calories: Reading more! Here to...
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March On!
I marched in the San Francisco Women’s March to secure our future with the future: my 20-something daughter and her friends. Last year my husband and I went to the march in Oakland, but this year he...
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The Golden Hour
This January, my nineteen year old college sophomore son and I went on a hike to Pierce Point in the Northern Point Reyes National Seashore. The weather was clear, but throughout our hike on the high...
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Ink & Pencil
On sequestered writing days, I wear downgraded clothes, which are inappropriate for answering the front door, or even for looking at my reflection in my own mirrors. On these days, my husband will...
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July 4th – The Fight for Freedom
I have a love-hate relationship with patriotism. In my twenties, I sat for the National Anthem, and this caused my father, a Korean War veteran, much dismay, so I eventually relented out of respect...
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Night Noises
Pops and bangs awaken me from sweet dreams and I startle upright in my bed. It takes a few moments for me to get my bearings, and a peek through my window blinds, to realize it’s just the neighbor boys...
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Writing in Chunks: Write on Mamas Weigh In
Collected and compiled by Marianne Lonsdale Members of my writing group, the Write on Mamas, are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, with lovely sprinkles of moms in other parts of the country. We...
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Clothes I Can Live In
I’m wearing my favorite outfit today: Doc Martens boots, black leggings, purple tunic, and black cashmere zipper hoodie cardigan. I have a familiar lump in my throat. It had been years since I had a...
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Beware of what you wish for, you might get it!
Guest Blog by Claire Hennessy’s Mum: Rosemary Taylor On one Mother’s day a friend of mine, Mary, was looking forward, somewhat optimistically, to a good lie-in, a cup of coffee, not before 8:00 a.m.,...
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