These days, Fall is ushered in by Starbucks instead of the actual Autumnal Equinox, and it is always a month too soon. This year, the Autumnal Equinox is on September 22nd. Still, Starbucks has already rolled out Pumpkin Spice everything, Dunkin Donuts also jumped on the early train of Pumpkin Spice, and I’m sure if ...
I walked out of my hotel room and into the August air. It was less muggy, and the air seemed cooler than it had been in a long time. I just stood there, letting the sun shine down on my face, and I took a deep breath. I was unceremoniously shaken out of my moment ...
As I sat at my desk staring at that blinking cursor, it screamed, “You’ve got nothing; why do you always put these grand ideas into the Universe? You know you never follow through.” That’s a lot to assume a little computer cursor would be screaming at the average normal person, but perhaps I’m not normal. ...
It’s me, Hi! I know it’s been quite some time since I’ve written on this poor little forgotten blog, March 7th to be exact, but a conversation with my sister had me logging on to GoDaddy, dusting the cobwebs off the website, and trying to remember how to put some words down on a page. ...
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