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Where in the world do I go when the darkness comes?

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10 Mar
2019

I stood on the back deck crying. My brother had called. He let me know that Opa experienced a heart […]

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Reviewing results from a month of experiments

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04 Mar
2019

I stood on the bathroom scale and looked down. Damn. I did not lose any weight the entire month of […]

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Making the most of a weird weather week

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24 Feb
2019

I stood on my porch overlooking Reston Town Center. The snow was coming down in big flakes. Holy moly – […]

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Where in the world did that large tree come from?

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19 Feb
2019

That is the first thought that hit me as I stood on the corner in front of my childhood home. […]

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An innovative way to consistent personal accountability

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12 Feb
2019

This morning I completed a short set of burpees. I hate burpees. I really do. They are always hard. Burpees […]

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Fun, frugal and fitness challenges for February

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04 Feb
2019

Wow – January is already over. It disappeared overnight. If you are like me, you are already behind schedule on […]

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The year it took to make a new condo my home

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27 Jan
2019

I sat quietly in my new condo thinking about how stupid I was. It was late 2017. I had just […]

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Five reasons all people should admire MLK

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20 Jan
2019

Martin Luther King, Jr. is a personal hero of mine. He has been for many years. I believe MLK is […]

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If you don’t do your job who will?

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13 Jan
2019

This time the government shutdown is just plain silly I wrote the original version of this blog a year ago. […]

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Five hard life lessons from last year (2018)

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07 Jan
2019

One thing I have noticed about social media channels like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter is that it is easy to […]

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