A Second Chapter

Category: Personal

  • Fear and Ego Walk Into a Bar

    Fear and Ego Walk Into a Bar

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    That’s it. There’s no punchline, because it isn’t a joke. As I was saying, Fear and Ego walk into a bar. Fear and Ego don’t go many places without holding hands. They’re pretty tight, right? As they’re toasting each other with their Negronis (because, ew, Negronis), they see Worry and her twin, Anxiety sitting at…

  • Ain’t Teton Grand?

    Ain’t Teton Grand?

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    On the way to our recent last minute lake escape, we stopped over in Jackson, WY and spent a day and a half exploring Grand Teton National Park. We’d never been and knew we wouldn’t have enough time there so we hit just a couple of highlights. That meant no real hiking, fortunately. Ha! I…

  • 50/50 on 2020 and 50 Things!

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    (Note: I wrote this post a few months ago (in May, my actual birthday month), but held off posting until it felt a little more right to do so.) Currently, I’m 50% amazed and grateful to be turning 50 and 50% shocked and in disbelief about turning 50! And 50/50 on how 2020 is going…

  • Leading with Love

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    What did the black squares of two weeks ago really do? Well, today, my feed is mostly back to being filled with beautiful interiors, gorgeous cookies, delicious summer meals & drinks, families celebrating their kids’ last day of “school” and of course, ads. BUT some of those beautiful interiors for example, are now being posted…

  • The Time is Indeed NOW, But…

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    Ms. Parks also said “I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so people would be also free.” The photo and quotes above are what I wanted to post on Instagram this past Tuesday (#blackoutuesday), but I let Insta successfully convince me otherwise when I saw the majority of…

  • This is Not My Beautiful House…

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    This is not my beautiful wi…wait, what? I think I’m confusing my real life with David Byrnes in the 80’s. That’s weird. Anyway, I guess what I want to say, is that life is crazy (especially right now), but the Universe, she works in mysterious ways. SO much had to come together for us to…

  • U2 May {Heart} Joshua Tree

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    But me? I could never live in the deep desert. Everything in the desert is designed to kill you.  (After the last couple of posts I needed a little break from the heaviness. Maybe you did too so I thought I’d share some of our recent travel photos from Joshua Tree, CA.) Seriously? Don’t believe…

  • Everybody Poops…

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    …except me? Wait, did I just go there? I guess I did. If you’re reading this over your morning coffee and eggs, you may want to click on over to People magazine and find out how the stars are dealing with being quarantined. Spoiler alert: they’re just like us. Only they’re chilling in their mansions…

  • The Third Stage is the Charm?

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    Friendly reminder that content is likely NSFW (or kid-friendly if you’re working from home)! If you follow me on the Instagram, then you already know that Bill and I “snuck” down to NOLA again last month to have what, lord willing and the creek don’t rise, I sincerely hope is my final reconstruction surgery. (Mini-movie…

  • Good Guys Wear Black Hats

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    A few years after my Dad died, my Mom dated a few guys. I won’t call them gentlemen, because unfortunately, they weren’t. JD however, was different. Colonel Jack D. Stevens was a gentleman through and through. They met dancing and when my Mom decided it was time to sell her longtime home (the house my…