Cautiously Circling a Story
Three months ago today, I settled in here, among the cobwebs in the sunny corner behind the bed, with a
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Salvage Yourself: Dealing With A Troubled Past
Are you letting the past hijack your soul? One December a few days before Christmas, I set out to drive 140
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Recovering Lost Balance through Writing
Launching into writing with gusto, balance wasn’t needed, or so I thought. But lost balance awaited, and, caused problems before
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Let Some Magic In
Gardeners enrich the soil Feeding plants so they grow As humans we enrich the souls Healing our spirit inside Or
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How Taking It Easy Can Prevent an Abusive Relationship with Yourself
Violence is one of the key signs of an abusive relationship. Other toxic indications include psychological and verbal abuse. Celebrity
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Seven Ways to Be Happy Right Now
How simple thoughts and actions add to our happiness.
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The Misdirection of Self-Improvement
How self-improvement can drive us forward or shoot us in the foot.
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Spanish Adventures in the Last Days of Franco
On the roof of the small motor-room of a fifteen-storey building, a soldier manned a nasty-looking black machine gun. Guardia
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Middle-Aged Man meets Plant-Based Diet, Swipes Right
Here in a nutshell is my journey to a plant-based diet. A few years ago, I started putting together the
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Success: When More Is Not Better
Much of the developed world is preoccupied with ‘success’ and getting more. But often, more is not better. Getting a
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