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It’s been just over a week since I began the Social Media Challenge and I have to say that I miss my boredom browsing on Facebook. I think it is more of a mindless habit than a need that drives this yearning and it leaves me to wonder if this is how a smoker feels… Continue reading SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGE(week 1)
I am in a love/hate relationship with technology, my family can vouch for this as they have suffered through numerous rants. I blame some of this on what I witness while working with the public – families sitting at a table and nobody speaking, babies watching cartoons while shopping, kids with headphones in while out… Continue reading SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGE
My favorite part of the day is the couple of quiet minutes upon waking up before starting the day. The early morning sun spills through the bedroom windows and all of man’s world is silent thus allowing me to hear the sound of nature. It’s a much needed peaceful moment that allows me to take… Continue reading Take a Deep Breath….Now Exhale
One of my favorite things to do is visit cemeteries - old ones, or ones that have something unique about them such as statues, personality, antiquity. My family has gotten used to this and now helps look for them whenever we are on a drive. It’s a great way to get outdoors and discover a… Continue reading Lake View Cemetery
Love and Ruin by Paula McLain is a beautifully written historical fiction that follows one of Ernest Hemingway's wives, Martha Gellhorn through her early carrier and marriage. It is a story within a story that sucks you in and pulls you along on an emotional journey. I picked up this book while in BAM!, drawn… Continue reading Love and Ruin
In today’s society it seems to be a trend to want to blame somebody when things go wrong. All too often we see the news as the scapegoat but what we don’t realize is that news is a complicated creature, especially in today’s society. True journalism is a tool in the checks and balances system… Continue reading Free Press = Free People
Life is divided into moments. Some are small. Some are big. Some make you cry. Some make you laugh. Some just make you pause and think. All of these moments, even the painful ones, create the beautiful, complicated, individuals that we are. When we are young, we look at the “adults” around us and think… Continue reading Adventures are Comprised of Moments
