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maggiehsmith07
Jun 29, 20243 min read
Take a Deep Breath
Whew. June was a busy month with half of it being consumed by travel to Colorado, Illinois, and KC. Sometimes people confuse me for an...
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maggiehsmith07
Jun 21, 20243 min read
Midwest Accents & Italian Beef
I’m on my way to Chicago and am on the worst seat in the plane. It’s directly behind first class & it’s as if I’m seated in the aisle...
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maggiehsmith07
Jun 8, 20242 min read
Ride the Wave
Recently, I learned of a “Free & Easy Group Run” that was taking place at a nearby Richmond park this morning at 9 AM. This group run was...
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maggiehsmith07
Jun 2, 20245 min read
Wheel of Chaos
Yesterday, I attended a silent retreat. I'd intended to attend a weekend silent retreat in 2023 but instead battled a cold, cough, and...
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maggiehsmith07
May 29, 20243 min read
Fix You
I’m a fixer. Give me a problem, and I can solve it. I don’t say this to brag. I mean, likely, I got good at solving problems because I...
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maggiehsmith07
May 19, 20243 min read
Northeast Summer
It’s May, but in Richmond it already feels like summer. Northeast summer because it’s not too hot or too humid yet. It’s just right. A...
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maggiehsmith07
Apr 14, 20246 min read
My Sobriety is (almost) Old Enough to (legally) Drink
According to my Oura ring, I got the best night of sleep I had in a long time. Oura reported that my resting pulse rate had lowered...
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maggiehsmith07
Mar 22, 20242 min read
Cicada Dreams
While on a work call on Thursday, I was distracted by a text from my mom who was reporting that her friend’s husband had passed away....
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maggiehsmith07
Mar 3, 20245 min read
Geriatric Karaoke
“We just moved into this house.” I muttered to myself while reorganizing. This is a lie. In June, it will be 3 years that we’ve lived in...
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maggiehsmith07
Jan 27, 20244 min read
A January January
I haven’t written all year - though my Grammarly word count says otherwise. I’ve written nothing of interest - and honestly, I can’t...
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maggiehsmith07
Dec 31, 20232 min read
Progress
Today is Jeanette’s heavenly birthday. If she was her with us, like she should be and would be if life were remotely fair, she’d be 48....
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maggiehsmith07
Dec 30, 20233 min read
Little Lady
To close out 2023 in a memorable fashion, our HVAC stopped working. No heat. No AC. Just an error code on our thermostat. The repair guy...
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maggiehsmith07
Dec 24, 20233 min read
Make it Weird
There are very few things that give me faith in humanity. One of those is watching people run a marathon. This is because there are...
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maggiehsmith07
Nov 26, 20232 min read
Weapon of Mass Destruction
Do you remember when George Bush pontificated about Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) being stockpiled in Iraq? It turned out, this was...
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maggiehsmith07
Nov 24, 20232 min read
Bra-less Thanksgiving
“Are you fucking kidding me?” This is what I asked the puppy this morning. He was not kidding me, fucking or otherwise. I thought I...
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maggiehsmith07
Nov 22, 20236 min read
Thanksgiving Eve
Well. Here we are. Thanksgiving eve. Every year at this time I say that it cannot possibly be this time of year. And here we are, again,...
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maggiehsmith07
Nov 12, 20233 min read
Stupa
In late September, before I drew the tower card from the tarot deck and before my world continued to tilt on its 2023 axis, I signed up...
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maggiehsmith07
Oct 18, 20233 min read
Second Location
I have an annual cry-fest. Normal people, I’m coming to realize, have a good cry more routinely. Maybe a few minutes and then, they feel...
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maggiehsmith07
Oct 15, 20232 min read
The Case of the VERY Dead Christmas Tree
It finally stopped raining and we’re left with a cool, waterlogged day. The ground is like an over saturated sponge. I’d schlepped an...
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maggiehsmith07
Oct 14, 20234 min read
Live It
This week, work tilted on its axis a bit in that unexpected way that all work (& life) inevitably does & I was left with a new boss and...
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