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Walking Manhattan: Harlem, Grant’s Tomb, Katz’s Deli

05.21.2012

by Lisa Weldon of reSoulin’ my dancing shoes My sister and daughter are in town today. Will take a few days off and post only quick thoughts. To start our day, Michele and I walked down the street to find farmers, bakers, and beekeepers setting up a fresh market. Peaches, cherries, raspberries, freshly baked breads and [...]

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Walking Manhattan: Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, the Flower District and the Garment District

05.18.2012

We sat at the counter and thoroughly enjoyed our tamales, fried plantains and the waitress flirting with her body-builder customer. All in Spanish, of course.

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Reinventing The Wheel

04.23.2012

This message, my subconscious, spoke to me so clearly I could hardly get through the words without crying. ‘Go. Get off this hamster wheel. Go get some fresh air, a new outlook on life. Go get some exercise, refresh your career, re-charge your spirit. Take time to re-focus. You need some fresh air and some clean water.’

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Where Have I Been, and other stories I could tell

04.18.2012

Too, I’ve been somewhere else in my mind, being unfaithful, yes, but all for the grander good.

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Devolution of my state of mind

04.03.2012

Thursday PM:  Got back from New York this evening.  It was a good trip.  Had fun with friends and relatives–well, some of them.  Saw a Broadway play.  Met In Real Life two editors I’ve only known via the Internet.  Hatched a plan to start a new blog.  Bought the domain name.   Made notes about [...]

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Apparently, I’m a Grinder . . .

11.18.2011

What stress? Oh, you mean the surprise-divorce, single-mother-works-with-people-who-steal stress followed by remarriage-to-blended-family thing?

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Portrait of A Citizen

11.17.2011

If she changed out of her T-shirt, ball cap and fanny pack and put on the garments of an 18th century goodwife hawking fish at a fayre, that would work too.

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Broken Shoulder: Week Four

08.28.2011

A milestone: I was able to put on my bra myself for the first time the other day.  Before then, I either went without  (not real attractive) or stood with my back facing D. in a mute appeal to be fastened. A setback: My euphoria over the bra independence was squashed when I couldn’t get [...]

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I’m Not Selling My Soul–Just Trying to Keep MidLifeBloggers Going

09.19.2010

I’m stuck in a house worth about $150K less than what I paid for it in a neighborhood that is superb for families with small children, but for those of us who are single women of a certain age–not so much.

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I’ve moved…

10.08.2006

My latest post is at my new address:  http://byjane.blogspot.com Hope to see you there.

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