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I'm mixing it up a bit here and taking a prompt from a new source, @dailyangst. I haven't embraced #Reverb11 like I did #Reverb10, and I'm not sure why. The intention is there, just not strong enough to find the inspiration necessary to make daily posting happen. I'm going with the 'it is what it [...]

I am guest posting today over at Lacy's place. I love the name of her blog: Living on Love. Her site is a mix of cool Etsy goodies, thoughts on mommy hood and a chronicle of her very own love story. I hope you'll head that way and show her some love, then come back [...]

I love the threads that pop up on Facebook and the email chains that circulate that idealize growing up in the '70s. Wistful thinking about how we rode around on bikes without helmets, stayed out until the street lights came on and drank water straight from the yard hose. Of course all of that–and more–is [...]

Every so often I get the itch to return to school. I struggle with the duality of the desire; how it's practical on one level and would allow me the opportunity to teach for a living and how impractical (and seemingly impossible) it would be to add another responsibility to my overflowing plate. When the [...]

Being held accountable to your own stuff can be quite an eye-opener, no? Take today's #Reverb11 prompt: 12 Things: What are 12 things your life doesn't need in 2012? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 12 things change your life? (Props to original Author: Sam Davidson)  If you did [...]

Day 5: If your life was a television show, what would its theme song be? What music would be cued at the start of the show or when you entered a scene? When I was growing up I lived for Casey Kasem's countdowns, especially the end of the year extravaganzas that let me listen to the [...]

Day 2–My Children Will Do it Differently-If you could choose one thing that your children will do or experience in a different way than you have, what would it be and why? Wow, this is a minefield of a prompt. One the one hand, I'm grateful for every little bit of my childhood; each experience–good, [...]

I was in love with Reverb10 last year. Loved the prompts, the community and the thoughts that came along with it. I missed it this year and pretended, sporadically, that I'd do the odd prompts that came along. Sadly, they never turned into anything but wishes. So I was practically drooling when I saw whispers [...]

Welcome to the almost-last One Little Word Blog Hop! By now I think we all know the rules, but just in case you don't, here's a brief synopsis: Ali Edwards started an annual tradition of choosing a word for the year and leads a group of scrappers/artists/crafters/writers in her class One Little Word at Big [...]

I have a confession to make: I'm a bit schizophrenic online. What I mean by that is I have two distinct presences (at least, I hope I do); my personal blog, which is this one, and my business blog (which gets even less action from me than this one does). I try very hard to [...]