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Our Planet
When work wakes me up in the middle of the night, I know exactly what will settle my brain and put me right back into dreamland…David Attenborough. If you don’t know Sir David Attenborough, you really should take the time. I have no idea what he did as a young man, but now, most certainly
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Regret
It’s a noun. It’s a verb. It’s Death Row. “Feel sad, repentant or disappointed over (something that has happened or been done, especially a loss of missed opportunity).” Oxford Languages I am not an ‘everything happens for a reason’-type person. When one door closes, another one opens. God has a plan. And the worst for
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I’ll Most Likely Kill You In The Morning
Remember the scene in Princess Bride when Wesley and Buttercup are walking through the Fire Swamp and he tells the story of how he became the Dread Pirate Roberts? The then Dread Pirate Roberts takes Wesley on as a valet and every night says: “Good night, Wesley. Good work. Sleep well. I’ll most likely kill
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Let Relationships Be Where They Are
Over the last seven years I’ve developed what I call <insert my real name here>-isms – long thought over, sometimes painfully learned, life lessons distilled into a mantra I consider and try to live by as I move through life. Let relationships be where they are was partly born out of my conclusion that monogamy
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Detour
My oldest niece recently turned 25. After the HBD texts on her birthday, I waited a few weeks to check in on how she was feeling. Twenty five was a particularly difficult birthday for me. I feel a little silly looking back at my 25th birthday now 21 years later, but I was really sad
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User Manual, Part B
How to turn me on emotionally “This section shares a few basics of how you operate on an emotional level. The goal is to lay out your emotional groundwork so a partner will be aware of your land mines.” I am not sure I care for the negative approach this section takes to the subject.
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User Manual, Part A
I just finished “Eight Things I Wish I’d Known About Polyamory: Before I Tried It and Frakked It Up” and the author mentioned writing your own user manual to “showcase your self-awareness and communication skills.” Some of you who know me well might chuckle a bit knowing the organized, critical-thinking German in me would love this idea – and
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The Tourist
For 15 years I sat at a desk in an office. Working hard was nine or ten hours a day because of a work event or dinner, and I would come in late the day of or the day after to make up for it. I encouraged my staff to too because, after all, our
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