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Tag: Reflections

Dodgy Dudes (part 4)

by Claudia on May 31, 2020May 31, 2020

If you saw a wallet lying on the street, you’d pick it up, yeah? And, when you checked the cards inside and found the identity of the owner, you’d do… [Continue Reading]

Cold Feet

by Claudia on May 17, 2020May 17, 2020

  If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading Lao Tzu   It’s a long road that has no turning (from an old Irish… [Continue Reading]

TIME OUT

by Claudia on May 1, 2020

We didn’t really need the virus to slam its huge sinister foot on the world’s brake pedal, making the world skid and slide to a slower pace, to know that… [Continue Reading]

This Ain’t No Walk In The Park (Coronavirus blog-story #1)

by Claudia on April 10, 2020April 16, 2020

Dylan stomped his feet and wriggled so much that Sharon took twice as long as normal to put his sandals on.  “Wait up little man, please stop moving,” she pleaded…. [Continue Reading]

Three little things to help us while we Stay At Home

by Claudia on March 31, 2020

So we find ourselves now living in a time of chaotic isolation. Or isolated chaos. A friend said to me today that maybe introverts are happy as pigs in clover!… [Continue Reading]

Valentine’s Romance

by Claudia on February 14, 2020

It’s Valentine’s Day again. Ho hum, you say. Or do you shrug and say you have romance in your life all the time and not just today! Or, are you… [Continue Reading]

There’s no place like home… is there

by Claudia on January 15, 2020January 15, 2020

Recently my son expressed disappointment that he has no childhood home, to return home to. He was lamenting the fallout from the lack of stability he experienced in his childhood…. [Continue Reading]

How to make a cloud

by Claudia on August 15, 2019

I once loved a man who as he walked beside me on my beach composed a song about how to make a cloud. Little did I know that he would… [Continue Reading]

The Pose

by Claudia on May 23, 2019

hold the phone… why is it in vogue to prune and pout when the phone is out (which is of course always)? we point our toes, we place our front… [Continue Reading]

Let it go

by Claudia on October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

“Own up!” the adult male said. “Who fired that puff?” “He did!” squealed one boy. “No way, it was him!” protested the other. The third boy rolled around giggling his… [Continue Reading]

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