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Life

When Life Gets in the Way

August 29, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  20 Comments

I posted the basic concept of this article a few years ago. In revisiting it, I found it at least as true now as it was then, if not more so. You may have observed something similar.

Life gets in …

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gardening, writing, seed ideas

Gardening, Writing, and Life

April 12, 2020 //  by Michelle Ule//  29 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule sitting in for Cynthia Ruchti–who is coping with snow and power issues.

I paused while gardening one day years ago, to open a letter.

“How’s your writing going?” a dear friend wrote.

gardening, writing, seed ideasPhoto by Markus Spiske (Unsplash)…

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Life Is Research

October 18, 2017 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  38 Comments

Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

Life got in the way of my writing today.

Have those words crossed your mind lately?

Interruptions. Intrusions. Disrupted plans. Upheaval. Kids. Grandkids. Aging parents. Work. School. Volunteer responsibilities. Ordinary and relentless home maintenance…

Memories, good and …

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Into the Unknown: Learning to Trust

October 4, 2013 //  by Rachel Kent//  46 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I sold my house yesterday. As long as everything goes as planned, we are going to need to move out by the 31st, and we don’t have a place to go yet. My husband and I are …

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Books reflecting too-real life

March 4, 2010 //  by Michelle Ule//  9 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

They were sitting in the submarine wardroom on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean one morning, when the Commanding Officer entered and began his briefing for the planned …

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