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    Why ‘Dash of Strange’

    What??!! Why in the world title a blog “Dash of Strange?” That’s because I have a little bit of strange in me, as we truly all do—we all have our stories. Some, rich in…

    October 26, 2015
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    Dissed and Approved

    Have you ever noticed what a negative prefix “dis” is? Any word, especially anything that could be remotely positive, immediately sinks, deep into the depths, 20,000 leagues under the sea into the darkest hole…when…

    October 22, 2015
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    Jumping to Conclusions

    Have you ever jumped to a conclusion? In the great children’s book, The Phantom Tollbooth, Milo and friends find they have done just that—but not only have they jumped to conclusions, but literally they…

    October 6, 2015
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    Speaking in Cursive

    Have you ever talked with someone who speaks in cursive? My daughter does, and it was never so obvious as on our trip to Italy. Besides being in a country where neither one of…

    September 26, 2015
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    Weeds and Buttercups

    Do you ever just want to stop? Stop working, stop thinking, stop worrying, stop going, stop starting, stop stopping. And just be?…

    September 18, 2015
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    My Son’s Dog

    My son’s dog, Kira, is 85 pounds of a highly energetic two-year-old German shepherd…who lovingly means well in everything she does. With unbridled gusto, she endeavors to “help” however she can—from washing the kitchen…

    September 2, 2015
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    Swimming upstream… like a salmon

    Have you ever had one of those weeks where you felt like you were… Swimming upstream… like a salmon. Slogging through a mud-up-to-your-waist swamp wearing cement boots… or Sliding helplessly down the swirling drain……

    August 25, 2015
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    Cups of Encouragement

    Have you ever wanted to help someone, but for whatever reason, lack of finances, lack of expertise, or just too much going on in your own life, found that you couldn’t? Or maybe you…

    August 11, 2015