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My Monthly Check in: January
Hello 2026.
Jan 7
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Haiku Collection #13
Consumption versus Creation
Dec 17, 2025
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Part III: Moved All the Way to Maine, Still Me
So, why did you leave Maine if you love it so much?
Oct 20, 2025
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Am I a Risk-Taker or am I Being Honest?
Apr 25, 2023
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100 Days, No Instagram
May 10, 2023
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8 Ways to Know a Job Is or is Not For You
May 22, 2023
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When you change and people notice and then you notice.
Oct 11, 2023
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Remember Magic Eye books?
Mar 23, 2023
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Life beyond Instagram...so far
Mar 11, 2023
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Feeling Burnt? Write your Ideal Week
Then take micro-movement to move in that direction.
Oct 16, 2025
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Haiku Collection #12
Here Come the Mothers
Sep 18, 2025
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Part II: Moved All the Way to Maine, Still Me
Impatience is unprocessed fear.
Jun 18, 2025
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20 Reasons Why I Read Romantasy.
What is your fav genre?
Jun 9, 2025
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When the controlling part of me dissolves.
My second e-book is out now!
Jun 6, 2025
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Haiku Collection #10
To cringe or not to cringe, that is the question?
Apr 30, 2025
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A Meeting at the Café
A moment in time beyond this time.
Mar 6, 2025
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