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    A bit from the weekend

    I spent the majority of my Labor Day weekend rushing around trying to clean the house in preparation for Sunday’s birthday party for the teenager new adult in the family. I really need someone with me at all times to constantly remind me of how bad of an idea big…

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    More meaning: greeting card edition

    I’m trying this new thing where instead of bitching about the things I wish people did more I just do them myself because it makes me happy. (I’m also trying to cut back on my screen time more permanently, so this has become a nice way to fill that gap)…

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    LF/MM: camping retreat

    I really do need to plan a week-long camping trip one of these days. It always feels like we set up camp and then, in the blink of an eye, we’re tearing everything back down. I opted, after much deliberation with myself, to take my phone with me. BUT! I…

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    Getting away without getting away

    7 years ago this August I went camping for the first time in my life. Not ‘sleep in a cozy camper’ camping – we’re talking in a tent, sleeping on the hard ground. I was nervous and excited and had no idea what to expect. Lucky for me, and the…

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    Less Fluff, More Meaning

    I’m trying to make sense of all the thoughts running through my head lately, and I think I’ve (mostly) narrowed it down to a single concept: less fluff, more meaning. Less hiding behind a computer (or looking at my phone, or watching tv, or pretty much anything else that has a…