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Dear Skirt! Readers,
Today is my last post as Muse of the Month. It’s been an amazing blogging adventure, one that brought me to interior places I didn’t know existed. I...
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I studied Anthropology in college. It married my love of people, culture, and geography. Some of the most interesting indigenous populations we studied lived along the Pacific Northwest Coast of...
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Does anyone remember seeing reruns of The Time Tunnel, a 60’s TV showing starring a very cute James Darrin? Each episode James and his fellow time traveler buddy, Robert Colbert, stepped into...
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If you’ve been reading my musings this month, you know I love to try new things; that I’m not real comfortable in my comfort zone. This winter, Enter Stage Left (ESL), a small theater in the town of...
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I’m a bit exhausted today. Spent the evening at a public forum being a rebel with a cause. A good crowd showed up. One by one each of us stood up and spoke our truths, experiencing that bearable...
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I’m not a huge fan of networking events. Too many people running around asking each other, “So, what do you do for a living?” The answer predictably work-based, “I’m an accountant” or “I’m a coach”...
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Cool Hand Luke contains one of my favorites movie lines, “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” It’s classic doublespeak. The brutal prison “Boss” says it to warn Paul Newman, George...
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You do not need a lot of money or a fancy job title to make a difference in this world. All you need is the desire to stand up and fight for the little guy and gal, to care more about guts than glory...
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Have you read “A Walk In The Woods” by Bill Bryson? He attempts to hike the entire 2100-mile Appalachian Trail. It’s hilarious, insightful and motivating. One of my top ten “how-to” guides for living...
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Seasoned Earth visitors have much to teach us younger folks. A few years ago, I went to a relative’s wake. After expressing my sympathies to the family and catching up with some cousins, I took a...
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I enjoy writing essays because they force me to reveal my vulnerable side not only to the reader, but also to myself. Back in my late teens and twenties, I often felt trapped behind a locked...
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Do you ever go outside at night to look up at the stars?
I try to go out around 10 or 11 pm when the traffic buzzing by my suburban home dies down. Feels more like a private...
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I loved the 1982 film, “The Year of Living Dangerously.” Mel and Sigourney getting all hot and bothered in steamy, turbulent Indonesia. While specific scenes have gotten a bit fuzzy since I last...
