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Memoir: Mapping the Gap between God and Mob
I’ve been dreaming for months now about being lost, unable to find my way home, wandering along highways—overpasses and underpasses that wind in and around urban areas—streets that make no geographical...
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Top 10 Reasons to Join the Bloggy Blast
It’s going to be a wild and wacky WordPress weekend for my partner Sara and me—as we leave to attend my friend Tori’s “Very Bloggy Wedding.” It’s Nashville or bust for us. But, here’s the very big,...
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A Crash Course in Wedding Correspondence (The “Very Bloggy,” WordPress Edition)
God knows where she got the idea. It could have been a case of matrimonial dementia. Maybe a madness triggered by long hours of high-stakes toddler-tending and potty training. Whatever its origin, it...
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Do-Over: A Frenzy of Freshly Pressed
It happened 15 months ago. It happened again this week–both times on a Tuesday. Both times I had a less-than-cool response to being Freshly Pressed. I may have over-reacted. I may even have caused a...
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A Cousin, Cash, and Cruising with Kids: The Money-Laundering Life we Led
Daddy only ever dealt in cash. I never saw him write a check or use a credit card. He was always peeling off big bills—tipping extravagantly. Organized crime kept him far from cash-strapped, to say...
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Tracking my America: Where Horses Run Fast and Residents can Read
My home town of Lexington, Kentucky may be called the “Thoroughbred Capital of the World,” but as we in the Blue Grass realize that Derby Day is fast-approaching, we find ourselves, also, racing toward...
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Road Trip with Daddy (Inspector Gadget Commits Crime)
I feel like a detective, trying to investigate my own life—piecing and pasting parts of my past together—hoping to reassemble some sense of story that makes meaning from the fragments—photos, journal...
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Happy Blipping Birthday!
Okay. It’s true. I’m hopelessly in love. And this coming weekend, the woman I’ve loved for six sensational years will celebrate another birthday. For those of you who might not know, my partner is an...
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Mother’s Day from Scratch: Card-Making Edition
Are you strapped for cash this Mother’s Day? If , like me, you’re not making big bucks blogging this spring, then the card below can be made from paper and fabric scraps some might consider more trash...
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Blog Readers: A Writer’s Focus Group
Let’s face it. I have amazing readers, who offer brilliant feedback and invaluable insight into the writing process. Monday I posted a working title for my memoir, as well as a draft of chapter 1....
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