The Pile I’m Standing In

I’ll be offline for the weekend. If you miss me, you can read about the Thirty Things I Love over at my NaBloPoMo site – new posts will be up every day over there.

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My latest post is up at the Vox Pop Network, fulfilling a long time dream of quoting Fight Club’s Chuck Palanhniuk on a church website. To discover why I find him relevant to a Christ follower, go here to read the post.

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I had no idea that such a thing existed, but apparently you can get lots of things for free on the internet this week! At the urging of Kristin, who has become quite the give-away addict by all accounts, I am participating. Yipee! I am giving away a brand spankin’ new copy of Anne Lamott’s [...]

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I finally came up with a theme for NaBloPoMo, and made my first post over there as a preview. Here is an excerpt: Several ideas came to mind when considering what to focus on. I recently began a campaign to lose forty pounds and have been going to the gym four days a week. I [...]

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Visit NaBloPoMoThis year I’ve decided to participate in NaBloPoMo during the month of November. Ah, what was that? NAtional BLOg POsting MOnth: Post every day for a month. I set up my own page at the NaBloPoMo site, and will likely make all my daily posts there with occasional links from here to remind you [...]

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My latest post is up at the Vox Pop Network. Titled Four Star Hospitality, it is about my recent dining experience at Salty’s on Alki, and how it inspired me to be friendlier. Here is an excerpt: And when I say they smiled and greeted us, I’m not just referring to a pass-by smile on [...]

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I cross-posted one of my recent essays over at A Wild Ride, you can check it out here. I posted it just as it was on This Pile, but I changed the title. Sometimes when I can’t think of a creative title, I just slap something down because I’m anxious to get a post up. [...]

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I ran into a woman at Fred Meyer a couple months ago. We were both dropping off our kids at the while-you-shop daycare, and I said something to her about how nice it is to be able to shop without distraction. We talked for a few minutes, and then she commented on how I looked [...]

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My latest post is up at Mars Hill’s Vox Pop Network about stepping out of my comfort zone. Titled, Overcoming the fear that toilet paper may be hanging out of my skirt, here is an excerpt…. I once watched with curiosity as my friend stopped to talk to a homeless woman in my neighborhood and [...]

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Things are finally falling into place concerning my other writing gig (I just love saying that – writing ‘gig’), and I will hereby unveil it in this post. In juuust a minute. But first, a little context. By now you’ve probably figured out that despite the drinking and the swearing and the boob shots, I [...]

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