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May.19.2013
I love movies. I'm a sucker for a great romance. Truth is, I'm pretty silly for even a hint of romance. I like it when things work out. I don't mind the journey or the ups and downs, but I need a happy ending. I've watched romances with less than happy endings...
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May.15.2013
Nothing to write today, but it is well past time for a blog post. I will dig into the word bank and find some inspiration. The word for this post is...amuse. Hmm...here we go.
Amuse - to find something funny or entertaining.
I truly believe I could entertain myself anywhere....
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May.02.2013
I'm not a good driver.
I'm easily distracted. I talk with others, or to myself, I sing, I look around and I'm forever finding myself lost. I forget to drive, to focus on the road, and get where I'm going.
Life is a journey, to be enjoyed in reflection, only if you reach a...
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Apr.26.2013
Hold On (Click to Watch Video)
Hold on, hold on to yourself...this is gonna hurt like hell.
I posted this just under a year ago. In light of Boston and Texas, it seems appropriate. Songs convey emotion that words alone can not.
Loss is universal and the pain reminds us all that we...
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Apr.02.2013
I went to the library on Thursday.
It's hard to fully describe this experience, but here goes.
I haven't been to a library in years. I think I had forgotten all about places like libraries. Maggie has swim now at a different pool two days a week. We went early so I could get my...
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Mar.27.2013
There are doves nesting in a planter right by our front door. We noticed it last week when Operation Spring Clean Up began.
If we open the front door the dove flies away and leaves two beautifully perfect eggs in a simple elegant nest right under the light by our door. So, we don't...
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Mar.19.2013
Same Love (Click to Watch Video)
This is an important video and an even more important issue.
The idea that anyone's babies would feel alone or harm themselves because of something that makes them who they are is heartbreaking.
Enough is enough, let people be.
If we all tended to our own...
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Mar.11.2013
Maggie turned 13, Cotter turned 16 and I cut my hair. Not in any particular order of importance, although the haircut is clearly less epic. I can grow that back, but I will never get a five year old Maggie or Cotter wearing his sister's barrettes again.
Change is important, vital....
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Mar.03.2013
When did hard work become a bad thing, an unromantic idea?
Ben Affleck accepted the Oscar for Best Picture last weekend and thanked his wife. He thanked her for their life and for working with him to keep their marriage together and to raise their children. I'm paraphrasing of...
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Feb.12.2013
Sometimes when we are in town, and always on Fridays, we go to this great coffee place called Lux. It's hard to describe Lux, but it's kitschy and cool and mismatched, it all comes together and the energy is pretty special.
On Friday's they have a DJ that has a grey foo man choo. He's...
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Feb.02.2013
"Managing expectations"
Last week at work I received an email with this phrase. It was the person's way of telling me I was expecting too much and she wanted to make sure she was "managing expectations". In normal speak this means, "you are not going to get what you want, so get...
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Jan.28.2013
The Unseen Bean Video
I fell on Friday.
I've been hiking Piestewa Peak (Squaw Peak) for almost a year. I hike the summit trail and it's taken me a long time to get up to speed. When I first started my knees really hurt on the decent so I wore straps on my knees. Eventually I built up...
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Jan.19.2013
I had no idea that Prairie Dawn wore days of the week underwear.
She's also a Leo, her birthday is 8/3, and her mother is named Delta (making her Delta Dawn like the song). I Googled her and found out she's pretty darn fascinating.
When I was younger I was always more of a Miss Piggy...
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Jan.09.2013
I was at Whole Foods a few months ago and this woman was checking out the Chicken Teriyaki Bowls. As I walked by she opened one and ate a piece of the chicken. She put it in her mouth, looked up sort of savoring it and then shook her head, put the lid back on and put it back.
I could...
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Dec.30.2012
I feel like this today. I'm hoping it's just the Sunday after a holiday and I'm resting up for the new year? If not, I'm just lazy.
I have things to do, I'm just not in the mood and it's cold out and there's nothing really fun to eat in my house. I just started a great book...
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About Tracy
Tracy Ewens was born in San Francisco and enjoys traveling to far-off places—both around the globe and in her mind.
She believes TV is highly overrated and almost anything worth saying has come from either Anna Quindlen or Robert Fulghum.
Catalina Kiss, her...