Current Essays

By: Joan Connor,

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I live for changes. I wish that Change were my middle name because I like tackling the “unknown.” When it becomes “known” I just wanna’ move on……
I plan the next “change” when I should be enjoying the moment. I plan the next “challenge” when I’m still climbing the hill from the pr...[Read More]

A Strange Erratic Rumba

By: Mary Jo Doig,

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Easter nears and as today’s sun shines on my face, I try to let its warmth and nurture into my soul. Yet I cannot; my heart is too heavy knowing that twenty miles away in Charlottesville’s Martha Jefferson Hospital, rests my sister’s lifelong best friend, Mary. Surrounded by her husband,...[Read More]

Change

By: Susan Lines,

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I returned home from Nova Scotia four years ago after helping with family matters. I drove my Toyota Carolla, “Nellie Bell” right across the country to Vancouver Island, BC. What I ride! And the best part was, I was coming home.
Upon arrival, I stayed with my eldest daughter and her...[Read More]

From Chrysalis to Butterfly

By: Rentia Collier,

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Change. It’s what keeps us moving forward. Without it we cease to grow, becoming stagnant and afraid. Some people find it a chance to renew or redefine their lives. They find the act of transformation to be exhilarating, even a little scary. Most of my life was spent being afraid of that...[Read More]

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By: Dawna Kreis,

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Change, she is the mistress one never quite know how to approach. At time, She is warm and inviting, like a gentle breeze blowing over spring draped hills. At others, She is cruel and unyielding, demanding Her way like gusts from a hurricane, toppling every tree and structure in Her path...[Read More]

Crazy Cat Lady

By: Melissa Dellago,

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So this is going to come off as being a crazy cat lady, and while I may be to a certain extent, I don’t have 80 cats lazing around my house, but just two frisky felines I adore beyond words.
My reason for starting this blog in this fashion is because I am, in fact, writing to commemo...[Read More]

Endless Change

By: Katherine Kasza,

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Change can be exciting, irritating or painful. Sometimes change will embody all three.
When I decided to move to Taos eighteen years ago, I was fulfilling my childhood dream of living in the mountains.
Although leaving behind children, grandchildren and friends was difficult, I...[Read More]

The Shadow

By: Denise Hanshaw,

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I was enjoying my husband’s 25 year anniversary dinner for work because it gave me the chance to see co-workers that I haven’t seen since I quit my job to be a stay at home mom. As my husband and I made our way around the room, he introduced me to a co-worker. “Jim, I would like you to me...[Read More]

Getting a Hold on Time

By: Helene Benardo,

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As aging progresses, (and thank the stars that it does), my perspective changes to meet it. As a child the concept of “next week” was an eternity. Summers lasted forever, and winter was always the long dead season. Where I’ve always lived, it meant snowballs aimed at me, walking through p...[Read More]

Changes? Not me!

By: Pat Lapointe,

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I have found that it is much easier to look at the changes in other people rather than myself. Call me a coward, but…..
I look first at my husband. Thirty three years ago he had firm muscles from working as a ramp rat loading planes. His hair was jet black, long-ish and wavy and he h...[Read More]

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