Category Archives: It’s all about me

Struggling

I love Caloden. This blog has helped me through some serious lows and given me a much needed creative outlet over the past five years. One of the things I love about blogging is the feeling that I’m telling somebody … Continue reading

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Just here, right now.

In the last couple of years I sort of lost track of Loren for a spell. No, I didn’t misplace him or forget I had an eldest, but he was in the trenches of deep puberty and was finding his … Continue reading

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My grains

I’ve been getting migraines since I was 14. That means that periodically for the past 26 years my hands, feet and even once, my tongue go numb. My head explodes and I lose most of my vision for about 45 … Continue reading

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Wisdom in all the right places

This evening Loren is staying with me without his younger two siblings. I have always loved these times alone with him, and even more so now that we talk about college or extended, overseas filming trips for him for next … Continue reading

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Proof that I’m doing something right

On the way to school this morning I said to Loren, “So, cool thing. Next year you’ll be old enough to vote!” I figured he might roll his eyes and pretend to be asleep, but instead he replied, “Yup, but … Continue reading

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I voted!

I love to vote! Call me a nerd, but it is so true. In 1988 shortly after I turned 18, one of the first pleasures I had was going down to the the Jayhawk basketball house on the college campus  and standing … Continue reading

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Running with skorts

Sometimes a girl just needs a pick-me-up. Call it shallow but there are occasions when I might buy myself some flowers or a necklace simply to make it through the day, to let myself know that gosh darn it I … Continue reading

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I can’t find the peace in three

One of the amazing things about half marathon training has been my increase in terms of endurance. At first the training was just an all out attempt to not collapse in a gasping heap of quivering mess, but now it has evolved … Continue reading

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It’s always funny until the cushions get soaked

Today I found a site so funny I thought my office chair might end up covered in my own urine, such was the hilarity of the words. She is The Bloggess. Apparently she is quite popular, I didn’t know this … Continue reading

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Mama’s Boy

This summer has been one of camping, camping and more camping. With my mother. The kids. Lots of planning. And Nature. The cold hard truth is that I could take or leave Nature. Yes, she’s lovely, green, bountiful and that. … Continue reading

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