Real Life

Things related to that reality thing people are always going on about.

Inner Children Need Love!

I have friends who are really hard on themselves. I hear the things they say about themselves, and I know the things they say TO themselves are probably even worse, and it makes me sad. Where does it come from, this idea that beating ourselves up is what we deserve? We have, thankfully, moved away […]

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I Went to a Gym–And I Liked It!

Some time ago, I thought about joining a gym. I looked around at the options, but the only ones close to me had a lot of reviews with variations of “only for the beautiful people” or “expensive!” or “constant pressure to upgrade membership.” Planet Fitness and Chuze sounded good–affordable, supportive, maybe even fun–but there were

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Coming Back

Coming Back

Hello, blog-world! I’m coming back, I swear! I survived my semester, and now I’m knocking through my to-do list† and reacquainting myself with my life. Making a list of my still-viable writing projects, too, because I’m going to get this writing career thing moving. Gotta get my ass in gear. Right now, though, I should

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Where Do I Start?

Where Do I Start?

I’m over-worked and under-slept. Again. Why do I do this to myself? Every time I pile on too much, I get in the middle and I promise myself never again. Then next semester, or possibly two semesters later… I’m here! I’m alive. I may even pass all my courses, but that’s undecided as of yet. Difficult

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Experiments in Food Production

Experiments in Food Production

This week I hit an amazing milestone–I’ve lost 80 pounds since February 2015. I’m so thrilled about it, I’ve been doing random happy dances for days. For the record, random happy dances can get embarrassing if one is not careful to be unobserved. But whatever. It is a fact worthy of celebration. I think about

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Routines Set Me Free

Routines Set Me Free

I want to be spontaneous. I like being the wild child. The last thing I want to be is predictable. But Flylady tells me–and she’s right!–that routines set me free. Every Sunday, I get five 8oz mason jars out of the cupboard. I fill them with various tasty ingredients for overnight oatmeal, and stick them

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Tucson Mountain High…

Tucson Mountain High...

Okay, the parts of the Tucson Mountains that I’ve been climbing are not that high. But they are enough for me (for now) and they are great fun. Did you know geologists actually call the mountains around me the “Tucson Mountain Chaos?” For a long time people apparently wondered where the heck these mountains came

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