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If I were one of those moms, I’d want to blow the whole place up.

The mass shooting that recently took place in Kansas City on the day the city was celebrating the Chief’s winning the Super Bowl was a tragedy. It’s a tragedy, first and foremost, for Lisa Lopez-Galvan, who lost her life for no good reason, and it’s a tragedy for all those who love her. It’s a tragedy for the other victims who were harmed in the gunfire. However, it’s also a tragedy for the citizens of Kansas City who are traumatized by this senseless act. And with the number of mass shootings taking place in our country, it’s a tragedy for […]

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“I’ll never forgive you for this.”

At the moment of commitment, the entire Universe conspires to assist you. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said that, and his observation has been true for me. Any time I commit to something, it seems like the wheels of the Universe secretly turn to help make it happen. In 1991, when my son was two years old, he developed an illness that plagued him round-the-clock. I did everything the doctors told me to do, but he got worse, not better. When he was five, as I was cooking, I looked down at the floor where he was playing, and I hardly […]

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Anyone up for a quickie?!

Just a quickie. (No, not that kind!) I have Covid. For the 2nd time! WTH?! But that’s not the main “thrust” of this post. That’s just the Universe doing what it does. It always has to provide the yin and the yang, and what kind of stupid system is that? The more important thing is, the visit with my Italian exchange daughter and her husband Marco was beautiful. Our home was once again full of life and laughter and talking into the evening. Funk and Marco hit it off great. We don’t own a TV, so they went to a […]

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So much love.

So much love. In 1988, since I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom, we moved to Kansas City because Funk was offered a job there that covered my lost wages. We’d changed locations many times, but this was a difficult move. Missouri is in the middle of the country and the people were so different than the people in my hometown on Long Island. Growing up in my neighborhood was like living around the globe. There were families from different cultures and religions settled in every other house on my block. The neighbors were always popping in to give us […]

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Even the Apple Health App has an attitude now?!

Even the Apple Health App has an attitude now?! I’ve been working hard for more than a year to get my walking back up to my normal 4 miles daily, a practice I had held since 2009. Early in 2023, I was so depleted that I was barely able to go a mile, and the Apple App let me know it. But it was true, so I accepted it. However, for the past 6 months, I’ve been able to increase my mileage to 3+ miles a day. No one was more surprised that I was capable of that than me. […]

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Part 1, Chicken Train

Book 2 in the C’mon Funk Series will be completely FREE on October 10th and 11th. Please download a copy from Amazon to help my writing be discovered! Until then, I hope you’ll enjoy Part 1 of my Chicken Train video. Toodles! Chicken train Runnin’ all day Chicken train Runnin’ all day Chicken train Runnin’ all day I can’t get on I can’t get off Chicken train take your chickens away Laser beam In my dream Laser beam In my dream Laser beam In my dream I can’t get on I can’t get off Laser beam’s like a sawed off […]

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There is an epidemic of loneliness in our country right now

There is an epidemic of loneliness in our country right now, suicides have never been higher. To me, a big reason for this conditon is because family doesn’t carry the same weight as it once did. We’re looking for perfect, but what in life is perfect? Exasperating this problem is that many people feel that everyone else has wonderful relationships except for us, so the illusion brings a lot of heartache. Such as it is, the holidays are actually an agonizing time for many people. Far from joyful. When living in Kansas City, Funk and I always had a tradition […]

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I had a terrible night sleep last night

I had a terrible night sleep last night and felt like a toddler throwing a tantrum thinking about taking my walk in the cold today. So glad I forced myself. Nature revived me. Searching for the beauty surrounding me, even if my heart is still in Hawai’i!

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