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What are your Daily Habits?
Healthy Habits for Happy Humans

What are your Daily Habits?

My response to yesterday’s prompt was pretty easy. As I’ve aged, I’ve learned that habit and routine are survival skills. Continue reading What are your Daily Habits?

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Book report: A kindness to those you leave behind

“A loved one wishes to inherit nice things from you. Not all things from you.” This is a dear little … Continue reading Book report: A kindness to those you leave behind

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Mid-week Wisdom

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The purge continues

The recycling bin was especially heavy this week after I went searching for space in a file cabinet in which … Continue reading The purge continues

Moving on, What I'm writing...

Like it or not, change happens

  My final column for the Nevada Appeal, all about how my husband and I looked to the future and decided … Continue reading Like it or not, change happens

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Ch-ch-ch-changes of address

We now officially own no property. None. And until that check clears, we have no money either. Fingers crossed, breath … Continue reading Ch-ch-ch-changes of address

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Honey, I’m home!

For those of you who’ve been following this downsizing-and-moving-closer-to-family adventure, the end is in sight! To recap, we had several … Continue reading Honey, I’m home!

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What’s more important, where you are or who you’re with?

You’ve heard that the three rules of real estate are Location. Location. Location. I submit, however, that it’s not where you are, … Continue reading What’s more important, where you are or who you’re with?

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The challenge and hope of a clean slate

In our twenties we moved from our home near the ocean in Southern California to Carson City, a lovely town … Continue reading The challenge and hope of a clean slate

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You never know who you’ll run into

Husband: You know the best part of living up here? You don’t run into people you know at the store. … Continue reading You never know who you’ll run into

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