Easter Musings 2015
For thirty-something years I had the privilege of working with children who have severe disabilities. Often when I was out in the community with my students, strangers would approach me [...]
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Apr, 2015
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Mar, 2015
Why I Left My Job
I spent a lovely Sunday afternoon yesterday, eating, walking, gossiping and sharing projects with Sister Writers, June Gillam and Leslie Rose. For some reason I got started venting about an incident that [...]
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Mar, 2015
Here for the Weekend
Last week on NPR’s Morning Edition, in a segment on Story Corps, they played an interview with the first single man who was allowed to adopt a baby in the [...]
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Feb, 2015
Unsafe Airbags
Last week I took my 2002 Honda into the dealership because there was a recall due to unsafe airbags. They told me it would take a couple hours so I [...]
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Feb, 2015
What do you write about?
I write about all the crap floating around inside my brain, the ghosts of school bullies and nuns in black habits, wielding rulers and sharp tongues. I write about my [...]
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Feb, 2015
Let’s Go!
I’ve been filling up notebooks writing like crazy for over forty years. A lot of it was venting and whining—or to be kinder to myself, I’ll call it “therapeutic.” I [...]
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Jan, 2015
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Dear Family, Friends, and Fellow Writers, I spent 2014 working like crazy to revise and edit my first four novels. 2015 will be my year to promote and publish my [...]
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Dec, 2014
Intuition
The last day I spent with my friend and spiritual guide Craig before his sudden death, he said to me, “Nancy, you need to rely on your intuition more." I [...]
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Jan, 2014
Bridget’s Feast Day
Sure, this weekend brings us SuperBowl Sunday, but also something more important than that: it's the Celtic festival of Imbolc, the traditional celebration of the beginning of spring, also known [...]
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Dec, 2013
New Year Musings
This is not about New Year’s resolutions, because I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I figure you don’t need to limit yourself to January 1st to try new things. And [...]