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I have a difficult time thinking of such a place. For me it would not be a physical location, but an emotional or mental one. About seven years ago I had a not so bright idea. I was going through a divorce and having some serious financial difficulties. Now I can see that the main…
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Since I have a dog that likes being walked early in the morning, I usually get up around sunrise–these days around 04:45. Bentley will begin to whimper softly at that time. If I don’t get up, which is common, he will move closer to my head, me ear, and whimper and whine softly. This usually…
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Framing my paintings. I love to paint oil on canvas. There is nothing like the feeling I get sitting before a blank, white canvas. I love it, so now I have over 30 paintings, some are painted on studio canvas’, so no frame needed with them, but a majority are on canvases that need frames.…
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I do have a master’s degree in English, yet I consider my AA life something much more valuable. Sure, I had over 20 years of teaching writing part-time at colleges and universities in America as well as China, but if it had not been for AA, I would not have anything, so my authority that…
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This is a good question. I have better days when I am in a place of gratitude. When one is caught up in self-pity or remorse, one cannot live with happiness at that moment. I try to stay grateful every day, but it is not often possible, especially if one watches the news these days.…
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A couple things worry me a lot these days. The biggest thing is urgent: corruption in our government. Of course, this is not new. I’m sure that every generation has had to deal with this around the world. In some places, bribery is a way of life. When I got married in China in 1994,…
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I like this prompt. Self-care is important to me. Over the decades I have found different things work well for me. Today I am sitting in my lazy chair watching the sun rise through the window. I drink my coffee and meditate. No, I don’t sit cross-legged, but I enjoy the silence, and I try…
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I’m not sure I waste much time, but then again, I will write about it and learn more. My dog gets me up at 04:30 to go for his morning walk. Then it’s coffee time, and blog time. After my girlfriend gets up, I spend time with her chatting, resting, and watching the birds enjoying…
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Which food, when you eat it, instantly transports you to childhood? At the age of 5, my mother took a full-time job, and my father of course worked full time also in Detroit–an hour drive each way, so I was left alone a lot growing up. The foods I think about from childhood are the…
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My first crush has to be my childhood playmate, Molly. This was in primary school. This was in Michigan, a small town about an hour north of Detroit. She lived across the street from my, and we would play once a week perhaps more, and we usually played a game pretending to be animals. She…
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