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The Life and Shenanigans of Courtney Birst

Feminist Rant

This morning I read this blog post and had to post my own response. I too, hate marketing that shows women doing only “traditional” roles while the men sit on their asses and get served by women, thereby fulfilling their traditional role. And while I haven’t seen the commercial Spring is referring to in her [...]

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New Poem: Delicious

I know I’ve been stingy with sharing my poetry lately and I apologize. In actuality, I’ve been writing more in the past couple of months than I have in recent years, so I have lots to share. Hopefully most of it will make the collection, but time will tell. In the meantime, here’s a new [...]

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Loves & Hates

I love:
Sending care packages and receiving love letters, a soy latte in the morning, the way my dog smells fresh from a bath, a baby’s tiny fingers, chocolate in damn near any form, running, poetry, a matching pedicure and manicure, phone calls from my sister, a clear starry night, autumn, travelling, red wine, good food, [...]

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It was FUCKING cold!

Recently, I posted about crossing off another item on my “To Do In This Lifetime” list. I am quite happy to report, I accomplished this task and the list has been updated to look like this:
Complete a Polar Bear Plunge
Today, in 33 degree weather, I jumped into the 38 degree water of the Chesapeake [...]

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Early Morning Goodness

This morning at 5:30am, after a night of too much wine and not enough sleep, when the rest of the sane world is still snuggled in their warm beds snoozing, Daisy and I stepped out into the 22 degree friggin’ frigid air to commence our walk.  While I am a morning person, days like this make it [...]

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