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Academy Awards Movie Madness- Dallas Buyers Club
It’s that time of year again– awards season! Each year I try to see each of the Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees. Last year I managed to see six out of nine of the nominees and blogged about them. Feel free to check out last year’s posts if you are procrastinating or bored. They are Continue reading
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If you write it . . .
One of my all-time favorite movies is Field of Dreams (1989; Academy Awards Best Picture Nominee 1990). Baseball, Iowa, James Earl Jones, Shoeless Joe, dreams, hopes, tears . . . sigh. I first watched Field of Dreams in a lecture hall my freshman year of college on dollar movie night. I remember hiding my face as I Continue reading
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Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to WOAW
Well, hello there, Blogtropolis! You still out there? I don’t really have much to say, which explains why I haven’t been posting. But I didn’t want to let the days go by without recognizing my one-year blogging anniversary. My first post on WOAW was published on January 3, 2013. Ironically, I wrote in that first Continue reading
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Sweet Defiance
My son, JC, who turns 10 at the end of the month, has what he calls “interests.” These “interests” range from particular types of jellyfish (the arctic comb jelly is his current favorite) to Star Wars, to his favorite app, Minecraft. During the life span of any one of his “interests,” he likes to research Continue reading
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Elf Stress
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the popular Elf on a Shelf bonanza that happens every Christmas, let me briefly explain. Some genius came up with the idea to make a toy Elf that comes to your house Thanksgiving night and makes himself at home. This Elf supposedly watches the kids and then Continue reading
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I’m Back from NaNoMehMo . . .
Winning starts with beginning. — Robert H. Schuller Well, it’s December! Currently I’m sitting next to a halfway decorated Christmas tree and a half-asleep husband, during halftime of the Giants-Redskins game. And guess what? I won at NaNoWriMo. Not only did I win, I over-won by 10,000 words. So why am I only halfway excited? Continue reading
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Pickles, Pretzels and Piffle
Originally posted on Blue Stocking G'ma: I had the distinct pleasure of spending the night with my 3 year old grandson this week. I have not done this before and did not know what to expect. We decided to “camp out”. That’s where you pull out the sofa bed in the living room and… Continue reading
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The Missing Brazil – Ceara
Originally posted on The Side Wedge: The beaches of Canoa Quebrada As some who follow my blog shall know; I have just returned from a short trip out to the northeast of Brazil. I spent the week in the major city of Fortaleza and traveled back to Canoa Quebrada which is on the southern end… Continue reading
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Ten Things I’ve Learned So Far from My First Try at NaNoWriMo
In honor of the ides of November and the halfway point, here’s a list of things I’ve learned so far from my first try at NaNo-ing: Fifty-thousand words is a lot of friggin’ words. Just sayin’. The pesky “to be” verb family and I should just go ahead and get married since apparently we are Continue reading
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Somewhere on the spectrum….
Originally posted on mommy&everything: On January 10, 2011 my son J was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I can remember everything about that day. It was a Monday and I had taken the day off work. The temperature outside was in the teens and so J and I were both bundled in our puffy coats patiently waiting for… Continue reading
Waiting on a Word 