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November 13, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Don’t Tell Me I’ve Nothing To Do

It just occurred to me that I like having lots of different things on the go at the same time. Sometimes I can do something like crocheting or writing for an hour, and sometimes I can do it for four hours. At the same time, though, in between times I have other activities that keep […]

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January 31, 2021January 30, 2021Snowbird of Paradise

I Don’t Dream

I don’t dream. I can go for months or years, even, without being aware that I have dreamed. Once in a while I might be startled awake while dreaming, but after I have gone back to sleep I don’t remember the dream. I haven’t woken up in the morning remembering a dream for years, until […]

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January 15, 2021January 14, 2021Snowbird of Paradise

Obscuring The Message

There are many ways in which you might obscure a message that you are trying to send. One of them is by burying the main idea somewhere in the middle of a body of text instead of at the beginning or at the end. Another is by providing too much background information. Similarly, being too […]

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April 18, 2020April 20, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

There Is A Story Here

A house that had previously escaped my notice called to me today. I was actually looking for interesting doors to add to the Thursday Doors collection of Norm 2.0. When I saw this one, though, I wasn’t sure if it would be appropriate for that setting because it isn’t the door that is intriguing. The interest […]

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July 7, 2019July 8, 2019Snowbird of Paradise

Cleaners, Cleaning Ladies, and the Biases of SEO

When I first started this blog in 2010, WordPress provided me with a perfect platform. I didn’t have the skills to create a website, and WordPress made it easy for me. I was able to upload text or to create text directly on the site and soon thereafter to incorporate photos, all without technical ability […]

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June 21, 2019June 20, 2019Snowbird of Paradise

Please Make A Decision For Me

When I started this blog I had the idea that I wanted to write a book but needed to start with smaller writing projects. Snowbird of Paradise has been a good place for me to gain some writing practice, and I find that I like writing blog-size pieces about my life. The book I wanted […]

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June 14, 2017June 14, 2017Snowbird of Paradise

Bloglovin’

Follow my blog with Bloglovin If you like reading and/or writing blogs, you may be interested in Bloglovin’. It’s a site designed just for people like us. I am signing on there today and will have my blog posts available there in future.  My blog’s home is still WordPress and I will continue to link […]

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April 24, 2017April 24, 2017Snowbird of Paradise

Blogging Awards

I have been nominated for four blogging awards in the past, and I am pleased and honoured to have been considered.  The process, however, requires a kind of chain-letter nomination of other bloggers, and this makes me a little uncomfortable.  In the spirit of recognizing great blogs, though, I do want to thank the people who […]

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January 3, 2016Snowbird of Paradise

The Interesting Present

Someone recently asked me what my blog was about. I said it was “kind of like a journal” and instantly regretted it. She didn’t exactly roll her eyes, but her expression clearly said “Oh good lord. How boring.”  Obviously, I need to come up with a new way to define what this blog is about. […]

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June 2, 2015June 2, 2015Snowbird of Paradise

Good Ideas

Sometimes I have just a smidgen of an idea of something I want to write about, then it goes away. Poof. Disappeared. I don’t know where it goes. Usually I have other stuff going on. Often it happens while I’m watching TV, or falling asleep, or reading. By the time I have realized I have a […]

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April 23, 2014July 7, 2014Snowbird of Paradise

Rhymes with Dromebook

I have been travelling with a laptop that is smaller and lighter than my usual laptop, and it has been driving me slightly crazy. At one point I was tempted to throw it out of the window of a high-rise in Chicago. Aside from the fact that I am still familiarizing myself with its capabilities, […]

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September 15, 2013October 31, 2014Snowbird of Paradise

I was wrong, and I’m sorry

This week, I got it wrong. I wrote about an observation I made of someone else. It was not her best moment, and it was not my best blog post. Worse, though, I realized today that I was doing exactly what I had criticized in her; I was being passively aggressive. Gasp! I know! I […]

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February 21, 2010April 1, 2013Snowbird of Paradise

A fabulous foundation

I have a goldmine of material with which to create a book. It is a collection of emails, letters, research, diaries and cards related to my husband’s illness. He was ill for eight years. Initially, I was copying emails and internet research to take to him in the hospital. When he came home, I just […]

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