by Kathy on February 19, 2019 · 0 comments
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How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fifteenth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. It’s been about 5 months since we last did some Gatekeeping here. Yesterday I learned that an old/hometown friend lost her battle […]
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by Kathy on February 15, 2019 · 1 comment
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I started over with Book 1 in early November 2018, after not getting past Book 3 in early 2012, when Sean read all 7. Abby had started reading them a bit before then and was already on Book 3. I caught up quickly and we’ve tried to keep pace with each other ever since, though […]
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by Kathy on February 10, 2019 · 0 comments
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Friday, 3-1-96 3:04 PM Shrewsbury, England 9:04 PM E-Town On the way to the ISA “Adventure Weekend”… Just had the yummiest lunch at a quaint restaurant called “Poppy’s!” I had a toasted cheese sandwich w/ ham & salami, a Coke, and a Banana Split! Yum-yum tasty meal! We stopped in this little town called Shrewsbury […]
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by Kathy on January 30, 2019 · 0 comments
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Tuesday, 2-27-96 11:58 PM London 5:58 PM E-Town I am writing w/ my new bic 4 color pen! I found it at “Woolworth” this morning when Jenny & I were out exploring our neighborhood & trying to find the “Real World IV: London” house! We walked for 2 hours all over Notting Hill Gate & […]
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by Kathy on January 8, 2019 · 1 comment
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Monday, 2-26-96 1:08 AM London 7:08 PM E-Town (2-25-96) Ronald & I finally got to Chinatown at about 1PM. It was great to wander the streets & see all the festivities going on for the Chinese New Year Celebration! I even bought a little paper dragon for a souvenir & a fortune cookie which read, […]
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by Kathy on December 31, 2018 · 0 comments
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7 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers and readers to reflect on our lives in 2011. I did so again the following year, with my Rewind 2012. Ever since I did this writing exercise those two years, […]
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