The Quiet Life
Sunday, October 08, 2017

Fall Break Ahead!

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I work 190 days per year, not 350. My salary reflects the fewer days worked, but what I love about my schedule are the frequent breaks. At t...
Sunday, October 01, 2017

October already? Also, the County Fair

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It's cool and fresh this morning, though the daytimes are still inexplicably in the 80s and even the 90s. My car thermometer read 100 on...
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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Luxe living on a budget

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I have champagne tastes on a beer budget, as they say. I like the finer things, but can hardly afford expensive furniture, art, or food. So ...
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Monday, September 11, 2017

9/11/2001

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On 9/11/2001 I was a weekly newspaper publisher/editor. Passionate about America and free speech, right to assemble, etc. Tuesdays were th...
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Saturday, September 09, 2017

Kinfolk Aesthetic: Hipster overkill? Bland Monotony? Pure Genius?

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I finally clued in to the Kinfolk movement. This is a design aesthetic that has saturated and influenced interior design and photography for...
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Saturday, September 02, 2017

A Bug Reaction

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Yesterday after school I laid down for 20 minutes for a quick nap. The air was so fresh and the bed so inviting. I woke refreshed after some...
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Sunday, August 27, 2017

Books, books, books

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I hid in books. I dived into the pages and swam the great slip-stream of adventure and fiction and space and anywhere-but-here. When the cov...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Frugal Cooking: Inexpensive proteins

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If you're like me, you struggle to stay within budget and maintain healthy fridge levels of fresh veggies, fruit, and proteins. Proteins...
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Saturday, August 12, 2017

My mother had me tested: living with autism in the 1960s

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Autism as a diagnosis has come a long way since 1908 when the word was first used, as the  Timeline of the History of Autism  shows. Further...
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Friday, July 28, 2017

Small thoughts

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I'm starting my last summer weekend, as go back to school on Monday. The first part of the summer was good, June. July has been bumpy an...
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Christian writer and teacher's aide who loves Jesus, a quiet life, art, beauty, and children.
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