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Recreating a 1908 Vancouver Cookbook, One Chapter at a Time

I seem to have zero energy but I have started a tiny new project. When I first came to Vancouver

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My Journey to Write a Cozy Mystery

This is probably going to be very boring to 99.9 percent of the world. Maybe I should make that 99.99999

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Free Jigsaw Puzzles Online for all Ages

Free Jigsaw Puzzles Online Playing free jigsaw puzzles online offers a wealth of benefits, making it a valuable pastime for

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Detours & Side Trips

So I am bit more spasmodic with my daily as usual but continuing on.   Since I always have a good

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Nothing & Everything

Play this as a Puzzle Yesterday started out a bit crazy and then continued crazy until finally life returned to

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Vancouver Ghosts with Jeff Davis

Ghosts in Vancouver, Washington An October Sunday afternoon was particularly spooky as a small group gathered at Covington House for

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Reaching a flow state

Today\’s Ramble: When I was taking group coaching with Robert Middleton one of the things he suggested was to start

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Breaking all the rules

Today\’s Ramble: Continuing along with my \”to heck with the rules of the road\” blogging best practices I am now

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Failure is a natural consequence of trying

Today\’s Ramble: This morning I attended my last session with my coaching group. It\’s a great group but too expensive

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What will the day bring?

I have been blogging for a long time. Since 1998 actually when I started with a daily message from my

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The element of surprise

So – yesterday I talked about needing some work and today I found a job on Craigslist that I applied

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I don\’t want to do anything

I get caught up in the thought that I need to be doing things. Important things. Lasting things. Right now

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The hidden benefits of friends coming over

One time I went to a party in a nice, modest home. The kids were on their best behavior and

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Do you ever wonder what life is like after?

I bet most people do. I mean everything seems rather pointless if there isn\’t something after don\’t you think? But

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Stepping stones to nowhere

Hurray! I just finished an Google Adwords course on Udemy. I started on April 9th and spent an hour each

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The single most important empowerment for rising above discouragement

Not going to waste any time here getting to the point. The most important empowerment is having a friend or

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