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    Life…

    Hi all.  Sorry for not writing in a while.  I got a couple emails that said essentially the same thing: “Where are you Ms. T./Christina/Mama K/Random Blogging Chick/Random Writing Chick?”  So I thought I would explain. I have been subbing during the day.  Taking classes at night.  Working for my mom’s college entrance business as their essay specialist.  Copywriting for a couple of people.  Reading books that I need to write reviews on for a few websites.  Taking a 3 day, 2 night vacation.  Wrapping up Pioneer Clubs for the year.  Getting updates from my friends in Japan.  Finding out the the Japanese programs won’t be sending people for at…

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    A trip through the cloud…

    No, I don’t mean a legit cloud.  We are not talking cumulus, cirrus, nimbus, or stratus.  I am talking about the cloud of tags on the side there.  You see it, right?  The one on the right side of this page?  Yep, that one. I just did something I haven’t done in a while.  I randomly clicked somewhere in the cloud and read what came up.  It was an interesting experience.  I found the first time I met Katherine (my Facebook daughter now) and said that she seemed like a rather nice sort.  I found funerals.  I found Ren Faire.  I found the cutest foreign exchange student ever.  Reflections on…

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    The Thing About Writing…

    Yes, writing is something that allows us to communicate with others. Yes, writing is a way for us to express ourselves. Yes, writing is a way to put down the stories that play like movies in my head. The thing about writing though, just like my art and my photography, is that it is primarily something I do alone. I mean, someone can come and watch me write, but eventually they’ll become such a distraction that I’ll ask them to leave. Unless you too are a writer and are writing at the same time as I am, you are more of a distraction than anything else if you are in…