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2016 Goals // April
Creativity ► April 4, 2016

2016 Goals // April

Happy April! I was a bit absent from the blog last week, which wasn’t intentional but turned out to be so needed. I needed a bit of a break from… well, everything. And spring break...

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2016 Goals // March
Life ► March 2, 2016

2016 Goals // March

Happy March! I still can’t believe it’s March already. Seriously, I was waiting for something that was going to happen at the end of February (it wasn’t big or important, I don’t even remember what...

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February 2016 Goals
Life ► February 3, 2016

February 2016 Goals

I’ve fallen out of the habit of sharing monthly goals on the blog, but I always love when other bloggers do, so I thought I’d start sharing again. Instead of sharing long lists, I’m going...

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2015 Goals // November
Life ► November 3, 2015

2015 Goals // November

It’s time for NaNoWriMo! This is my goal for November: writing 50,000 words. I’m a little daunted by the task right now because looking ahead, I think this month will be a busy one. But...

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2015 Goals // October
Life ► October 6, 2015

2015 Goals // October

Happy Tuesday! I know this a cliched saying for the start of a new month. Everyone says it all the time, I say it all the time… but where did September go? I was talking...

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2015 Goals // June
Life ► June 2, 2015

2015 Goals // June

It’s June! It’s kind of hard to believe; May was such a blur of allergies and all that was happening at work that it kind of slipped by me. I have a bunch of emails...

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2015 Goals // February Check-In
Uncategorized ► February 23, 2015

2015 Goals // February Check-In

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? I spent my weekend trying to warm up after a freezing week! It’s days like these that I think back to the hot season in Senegal and remind myself...

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Weekly Wishes // January Check-In
Uncategorized ► January 19, 2015

Weekly Wishes // January Check-In

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! It’s a long weekend for me, since the school is closed today. I realized how much I needed a break from work and… everything, basically....

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The 2014 Directive // December
Uncategorized ► November 28, 2014

The 2014 Directive // December

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I spent time with my family and started decorating for Christmas already. I also did some reading and writing, which is one of my favorite things about the...

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Weekly Wishes // November Check-In
Uncategorized ► November 24, 2014

Weekly Wishes // November Check-In

Another month has come and gone. November wasn’t as productive for me, due to the cold that I got at the beginning of the month, with a bad cough that’s still lingering. Everyone I have...

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May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of new growth on plants.
The other day I realized that there is no Savannah The other day I realized that there is no Savannah on my feed and…well, Savannah is beautiful and needs to be there. These were taken in Lafayette Square on my second day in Georgia.
Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I d Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I didn’t go on my weekly dam walk earlier in the week when I was excited about it. On this day I was tired after a long week and my least favorite holiday. My bed was oh so comfortable. I forced myself to roll out of bed and journey to the dam. It was filled with people and I was pokey…taking my time to get there and even journeying down one of the other paths to avoid walking across the dam. (Which isn’t long.) I finally joined the crowd and walked across. And then came back, happy to have made my weekly journey. This is when the top layer of the water started to freeze.
From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock c From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock concert, which is mostly me trying the say bagpipe rock. Some word combinations are hard! 😂 There was a sign asking us not to film, which is why there’s no concert footage.
Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic and while the walks haven’t fixed the problems, they’ve help me breathe and connect with the world and relieve stress. 💕
April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. The dam was almost overflowing. The animals are beginning to emerge. Spring is here!
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee st Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee stop (of course) a friend and I checks out two indie bookstores that we have never been to before. I definitely want to go back to Uncle Hugo’s and Uncle Edgar’s! Did you do anything for #independentbookstoreday

#indiebookstore #indiebookshop
After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to try it.

#asmr #groceryshopping #groceryshop  #asmrvideos
I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Le I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Let’s go back to the third week in November when there was just a little snow on the ground and the footprints in the snow seemed notable.
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