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  • It’s Alright

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    I’m having a hard time getting back into some of my usual creative outlets, like blogging, since my friend passed away. It’s odd how grief shows up in different ways for each person. The other thing that’s dropped away is my usual talent for planning and scheduling – which may be a good thing, though…

  • Having Good Tools

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    As I mentioned in my last post, I have just joined the world of smartphones. Before this, I had the same cell phone since 2006, and we’d gotten rid of our land line at about that same time. I mostly used the phone, well, to make phone calls, plus as an alarm clock when I…

  • Blog Readers for Blog Readers

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    Besides being a blogger myself, I love to read blogs. In fact, I recently found that there are about 80 blogs I follow! Luckily they don’t all post regularly, or I might be over my head in words. Not that I have a problem with that. Anyway, since the Google Reader was discontinued, I had…

  • The Joy of Lists

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    It’s a rainy day, and I’m doing some writing (how surprising!). While researching a bit of information for my e-book, something I knew I’d written about before on my blog, I came upon a post from 2009 that was made up of lists. Being a Virgo and having a strong love of lists, I figured…

  • Creativity and Non-Linear Learning

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    The culture I live in, and even some of the more creative people I know, believe that learning a creative art (whether writing, music, dance, Tarot card reading, blogging, or whatever you choose) is a linear process. You pick what you want to master, start at the beginning with the rudimentary skills of a particular…

  • Our Feline Photo Shoot

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    When we were creating the images for the new website last week, we discovered that the banner I’d been using for my blog was too large to fit in the banner spot on the new site. I wanted to use a new picture, anyway, though I still wanted to feature our lovely black cat, Merlin.…

  • Starcat’s Favorites: Celebrations of Birth

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    This week we’ve been celebrating birthdays! We have a lot of August babies in the family and the community. One of our good friends turned 12, and the Maine Wholeschoolers celebrated with a party at his family’s camp on a lake. Then we had a big birthday bash here at the homestead. My Mom turned…

  • NaBloPoMo Success!

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    Huzzah! I did it! Even through a very busy and active month, I posted here every day! It wasn’t really a burden. I had fun. I needed to be very conscious about remembering to post, but perhaps now, 31 days later, it’s become a habit. We’ll see how that goes. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading…

  • Eye of the Storm

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    I’m sitting here at the laptop with my cup of decaf chai tea (with soymilk and honey, mmmm) and taking a few moments to write today’s blog. I’m really psyched that I’ve almost made it to the end of the month, and have posted every day! Especially given the fact that I’ve been so very…

  • Bedtime Routine and The Between

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    October’s theme for National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) is “Between.” So I thought, since I seem to have taken up the challenge of daily blogging this month, that today I’d talk about one of the ways I use the term “between.” My bedtime routine goes like this: after brushing my teeth and changing into my…