mot juste \moh-ZHOOST\, noun: a word or phrase that exacts fits the case

Bodice Ripper

That is the kind of girl I am.  The one that sounds overly formal, the one who would actually use mot juste in a sentence…and not just to sound pretentious.  What do you expect from a kid who grew up with no TV, no friends within a 10 mile radius, and read everything she could [...]

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Quotes

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

“Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, [...]

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So I suck…

Dragon’s Milk

…but it was delicious

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This week has FLOWN by!

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*Whew*  What a week.  I survived…but eek!  Only 2 more days to accomplish my goal.  And what with drinks to be had with friends, christmas decorations to make, Christmas trees to cut down, French Toast to be consumed, shopping to be done…it’s not looking promising.  Oh, let’s be honest.  I can find the time if [...]

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Monday Musings – Beware It’s a Ramble

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“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”-e.e. Cummings I’ve been in one of those overwhelming, [...]

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I woke up to a foot of snow.

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Well, maybe it wasn’t quite a foot…but it’s still the first real snow of the year.  It fell just as Christmas lights and trees were springing up everywhere, holiday plans were being solidified and present lists were being double checked.  So, even though I was coming off of a long weekend of debauchery and sheer [...]

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The One-Minute Writer

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So, a while ago I stumbled across the blog The One-Minute Writer and was fascinated by the concept.  So I went allll the way back to their first topic and it was “Describe your memories of a piece of furniture from your childhood home”.  Instantly my mind flitted back to MY BED. That bed was [...]

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My day in a profound quote.

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Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don’t necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.   – Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

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First Post-In a nutshell

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So here I am.  Venturing into the vast world of blogging. I’m not entirely certain why I’m here, what I have to say or what I hope to accomplish. Maybe I should start with what this blog is not: This isn’t a blog to keep friends and family abreast of my life. It isn’t to [...]

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