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Category Archives: Dealing with stress
Guilty, MY Honor
(I know, I am late. You would not believe the week I had.) This week: What’s your favorite guilty pleasure? I’m such a good girl, no, really, I am! I take simple pleasures where I can get them, as life … Continue reading
Posted in America, audiobooks, author's life, authors, big plans, blessings, book series, characters, contemporary, Dealing with stress, descriptions, dialogue, experiences, Family, fantasy, imagination, inspiration, Kindle, libraries, Life, lifestyles, Miscellaneous, plots, reading, reading preferences, research, Science Fiction, time management, Tonette Joyce
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Boxing Day
Well, actually, it’s Good Friday, but I let myself store too many things in what would be used as a ‘guest’ room, and a few weeks ago my 18-year-old grandkid found that where she was staying was not working out … Continue reading
Posted in America, big plans, blessings, Daily life, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, food, free week, guests, helping others, holidays, Life, memories, procrastination, Tonette Joyce, traditions
Tagged boxing, Easter, Family moving in, family visits, Good Friday, rearranging, telegrams, Thanksgiving
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Personal Growth
Do you garden at all? When I was in Colorado, I had a townhouse. It had a fair-sized yard, but the back was two-thirds deck and the rest was generally shady, which was great for the kids playing, but not great … Continue reading
Posted in advice, America, battles, big plans, contemporary, Daily life, Dealing with stress, descriptions, experiences, Family, food, goals, inspiration, Life, lifestyles, memories, Miscellaneous, Random thoughts, spring, summer, Tonette Joyce, using talents, Validation, weather
Tagged gardening, growing vegetables
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Christmas, Once Again
“How does/did your family countdown to Christmas? Did/do you have any special family traditions?” Ch-ch-ch-changes! My mother decorated early. We always got a huge Christmas tree, one carefully selected and as close to prefect as possible. Seriously, my generally tight-fisted, … Continue reading
Posted in America, blessings, Christmas, Christmas books, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, favorites, food, guests, Holiday, holidays, Life, memories, Miscellaneous, movies, Tonette Joyce, traditions
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Sleepless in Michigan
Our resident hound asked, “What’s the bravest / scariest thing you’ve ever done?” I had to really puzzle over this one. I’m not a person who likes to take chances, and I avoid things that don’t make me feel safe … Continue reading
Foxfire
Have you ever read the “Foxfire” books? They started out as a periodical in the late 1960s and by the early 1970s, the articles were compiled into books, as more and more information was gathered. This all came to be … Continue reading
Posted in advice, America, autobiographies, big plans, biographies, blessings, book review, collections, Compilations, contemporary, Daily life, Dealing with stress, descriptions, experiences, Family, food, helping others, historical, inspiration, Life, lifestyles, memories, Miscellaneous, new skills, reading preferences, short biographies, teaching, Tonette Joyce, traditions
Tagged Appalachia., Appalachian skills, Foxfire books, Georgia, History of Appalachian people, Mountain knowledge and skills, Roanoke Colony, Skills, Walter Raleigh
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