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Oh, but the assumptions

Today has been a day of many errands. Many engagements with many "strangers," and people I don't know: the gal at Target with whom I started chatting in the cleaning-supplies aisles, the cashier at the Turkish grocery store down the street from where I live, the person helping me use my store-credit card at the…

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cat being brushed

It’s natural

I‘ve been noticing more of my hair these past few days. Not the hair ON my head, but the hair FROM my head that’s now on the bathroom counter, on my clothes, even, ick, on my dinner plate. I noticed the noticing — the increase in frequency — and had a momentary thought of "OMG, what…

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broth

How did that get there?

Weird little bit of awesomeness today. Out grocery shopping, I paused by the broth section, scanning the items looking for my favorite brands and checking out some new ones, too, thinking, “I should get some more broth.” Then my brain said, quite matter of factly and with an air of measured reasonableness, “Actually, you have a fair…

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Spring in Maryland

How did I go from wearing a cashmere top, wool socks and boots but a few days ago to, now, sweating in a tank top, light summer skirt and bare feet? Then the weather shifted in the afternoon. I left the house in my light summer skirt, ran a couple errands, the clouds came, the wind…

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takoma park home

And there he was!

True story (for why would I speak otherwise). Earlier today, I was in Takoma Park, Maryland, a charming, somewhat-hilly community filled with interesting and (often) aesthetic older homes. I had run an errand and was about to head home. I thought, “Well, I often go for a walk during the day, maybe I’ll go to…

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My spidey-sense

My spidey-senses/intuition/knowing has been surging of late. Late last night I was in bed and talking out loud to myself about something. (I do talk to myself here and there, though less so while trying to fall asleep.) I was thinking about a subject and a person related to project long completed. After talking about it…

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miracle hand salve beeswax

It’s a miracle!

It’s deep in winter and my hands are soft and smooth. My cuticles? Them too. No dry, cracked skin. No flaking itchy skin. No hard, dry cuticles that creep up each year as winter comes on. (I know I'm not alone in experiencing this winter-hands phenomenon.) a little bit of this I have, dear friends,…

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