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Feeling: Unfiltered.

January 17th, 2010 | 6 comments | Unfiltered

In a desperate attempt to find a post I could actually finish, I asked for inspiration. Rather, I demanded that someone tell me what to write about. “So you wrote about reading, what if someone took that away from you?” What if I lost, not literally my ability to read, but perhaps, my ability to feel while I read? I don’t...

 
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Reading: Unfiltered

January 11th, 2010 | 14 comments | Unfiltered

There isn’t much that is more exciting than when you rediscover something that you had almost forgotten about. Unless maybe when it seems to find you. When you least expect it to come sneaking back into your life, shaking you to the core. You are convinced you don’t have time for it. You tell yourself there aren’t enough hours in...

 
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Reflecting on Chicago (so far): Unfiltered.

January 6th, 2010 | 11 comments | Skydiving

Yesterday, much to my surprise, Elisa, author of Ophelia’s Webb, posted a little diddy about me and my blog as part of her #BlogCrush series. You can read the post here. I read it, tweeted about it with some awesomesauce and CAPS LOCK about how compliments are SOOOO expensive and then I took a minute to click on every single...

 
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What I’m looking forward to in 2010

January 4th, 2010 | 9 comments | Skydiving

Happy New Year everyone! Here’s a quick look at what I’m looking forward to for 2010: Cruise in January - I haven’t been on an actual vacation since 2007, so this is going to be well-deserved and VERY relaxing/awesome/partycentral/educational. My dad has organized a group of 50+ 60-somethings and I’ll be teaching them how to use Facebook to stay in...