Author: honeyrand
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We All Look Good in Green
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Apparently dying is an issue. Well, it’s probably always an issue of some kind, whether it’s your death or that of a loved one, friend, or colleague. For years I have given thought to ways I do not want to go. Drowning Fire Dementia Recently, I’ve added COVID to the…
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Ah, the grass takes as a challenge the notion, “this place isn’t for you.” It takes root and grows on wood with limited nutrition, no traditional place to root. Defying the “you don’t belong here” admonition, the grass presses on. How long it lasts or whether it flourishes is a…
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Try an Essay
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Today in an ABC Liquors ad they featured Essay Wines. Hmmmmm, I thought, surely some poor writer decided that growing grapes and smashing them might be a more productive pursuit than seeking an agent and publisher? Maaaaaybe….there’s a story. There is, just not the one I wanted. The winery is…
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Learning every day
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We are all going to be lifelong learners or we will be left behind. The world is fast changing. We must keep up with new challenges in technology, the latest developments in our fields and… physical changes. This doesn’t discount the need to manage the context of misery: the pandemic…
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Write On!
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“When I began writing all that I had going for me was that I could type 80 words per minute, I could spell and I liked words. But in doing it, I found that the real reward was the writing itself, working at it day by day and finally accomplishing…
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We are all part of the “system”
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We are all part of the ecosystem. Today, while moving dirt from one place to another, I lifted a shovel full and saw this little guy and it made me think…. what’s his job? Here he is in the dirt, minding his own business and I’ve disrupted his day…. Such…
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Research leads in interesting directions
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We adopted a dog, a Labradoodle, the week of Thanksgiving, last year. They said he was 5 years old, but it’s pretty clear that he’s older. He had a pretty upsetting life to the point that we got him, no matter what. He was nervous and afraid. We hired a…
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Writers Tears. Drink Up.
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When I saw this bottle of whiskey on the shelf in ABC Liquors, more than a month ago, it gave me pause. I have read a lot about “writer’s block.” This assumes, of course, that writer’s block leads to Writers’ tears. I used to tell employees, “When people are paying…
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Scattering the good
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You cannot force someone to comprehend a message they are not ready to receive. Still, you must never underestimate the power of planting a seed. – unknown. I hate to waste stuff. With each deposit in the garbage, I see its trip to the landfill. We don’t compost yet, but…