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What to Do When You Have No Energy
I was the last person in the house to get sick this winter. I waited until it barely felt like winter anymore, but it’s been a doozy of an illness, with sinus headaches and fever and all that no-good stuff. Being sick is the worst, because we still have to work (at least I’m lucky […]
Start 2017 Off Right with the New Year New You Bundle
Is it just me, or did 2016 go by like that? I feel like I barely accomplished anything, even though I did a lot of writing — and posted daily here from January through the end of May! — and got some clarity about the direction I want my professional life to take. There were […]
What the World Needs: #givewarmth
I spent a lot of time thinking over the holiday about what I am thankful for, of course, but also about how things feel really hard right now, in America and elsewhere. There is so much divisiveness and uncertainty and we don’t really know how it’s all going to pan out (which, I suppose, is […]
Get Great Gifts from Groupon Goods
This is a compensated post, but all opinions are my own. I don’t know how it is in your family, but there are a lot of birthdays and causes for celebration this time of year. But it’s hot and the girl is home from school so I don’t exactly want to go shopping all over […]
The Fayetteville Public Library Needs Us as Much as We Need it
To my non-local readers: apologies for getting super local and a little political today. But we should all support our libraries, wherever we are, in whatever way we can. Even if you don’t have a library tax election coming up, maybe you can find a way to show your local library some love, too. It […]
I Don’t Care How Many Days Until Christmas
It started before Halloween. Memes were popping up on Facebook saying so many days until Thanksgiving, this many weeks until Christmas, that many days before Black Friday or New Year’s or whatever. I even saw one in early fall talking about how many days it was until summer! Stop it. Please. I don’t care how […]