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Oct.26.2012
When I was a kid, going broke was caused by bad luck, bad choices, or bad habits. Now days, it happens by good luck, good choices, and good habits. I know because it happened to me.
Here’s how it works. First, be a working-class child from a broken home. Then, without therapy or support...
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Oct.25.2012
They have been married so long they barely remember the good times. Now, they haunt the untidy gravel lot hidden behind neglected commercial buildings on the outskirts of town and try to ignore the present. Blasted by freezing winds, they scour dilapidated cardboard boxes, seeking some...
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Oct.14.2012
Two days ago, I turned sixty-five. If you know me or have read my book, you’re aware that I’m the person who panicked at the prospect of my fortieth birthday. I had a mid-life crisis that lasted for years and wrote a musical comedy about my angst. So how am I handling my new senior status?
Quite...
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May.23.2012
There are many intersecting moments that I am feeling inside and the moments are whizzing at such a fast pace that I don’t feel that they are able to properly come out of their space of twirling air. I appreciate when I open up to the universe and I feel and receive gentle nudges both through small...
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Aug.17.2011
Have you ever wanted something SO much you were willing to wait however long it took? Well, Keiko Fukuda waited almost 80 years to realizing her dream.
At the age of 98 Keiko Fukuda became the first woman to achieve a tenth-degree black belt in Judo. The petite woman not quite five feet tall has...
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Aug.03.2011
Karen Loucks Rinedollar demonstrates how a person’s desire to do something on a small scale can have much larger implications. Her simple idea has grown to a nationwide nonprofit that makes comforters for ailing children. Read her story on my Living in the Heartland blog.
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Jul.26.2011
Why is a Russian group of women in their 70s and 80s grabbing international attention? It’s because they’re rocking the world. Music keeps a person young. Check the Babuskas out on my blog Living in the Heartland.
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Oct.04.2010
When they say: You’re never too old, here’s proof they really mean it! Sally Gordon was recently honored as the female exemplar of Outstanding Oldest Worker 2010. Sally is 101! The daughter of Russian immigrants, Sally is one of Nebraska’s treasures. She became the first female assistant sergeant-...
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Aug.15.2010
Disappearing from cyberspace is a little like being a tree that falls in the forest. A very small tree. Having disappeared from cyberspace myself for a couple of weeks, I am comforted by the fact that the forest is very large.
It’s not that this space disappeared, or miscellaneous other blogspaces...
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May.18.2009
Despite my continued lack of diabetic test strips, this week is turning out well. A few days ago, I was tickled pink to discover that "Cryo Kid -- Drawing a New Map" has been awarded finalist status in the Indie Next Generation 2009 Book Awards. Then today I unexpectedly received a...
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