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Monday Inspiration: Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

I’ve noticed that many people everyone positively sings Happy Friday! at the end of every...

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Owl City

If my iPhone could talk, I am fairly certain it would have a few things to say to me. It would...

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Friday Fun

Last Friday I woke up in a terrible funk that I couldn’t shake off. When I told Irene, she...

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Booby Traps

Because Alan is used to having someone around all the time from his 2 month stint in the hospital,...

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Survival Rates

Enjoying the evening heat Yesterday Alan saw his oncologist and found out that his 5-year survival...

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Those Cigarettes

At the gym last week, in between doing the rowing machine and the stair climber, Nathalie asked if...

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Jessica Hagy Business Cards

Most business cards are so perfectly ordinary that I never know what to do with them. I never think...

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A Writing Affair

One of my first memories of writing was in second grade. I had taken to writing my name with a...

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How I Love Yoga, Let Me Count the Ways

The stretches. The muscle building. The focus on the present. Yes, it’s true, those are all...

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pillowhappy Pillows

My obsession with pillows started around this time last year when I bought my first couch. I...

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