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The Terrible Horrible No-Good Very Bad Day
I am thinking about the day after we arrived in Miami almost three years ago. Relocation. Part of being in a new place is not knowing where you are. Another part of being in a new place, is when you are staying in a suburban La Quinta nea...
read moreThe Tipsy Socialite
I sat at the bar and started to check Facebook when a fashionable middle-age man sitting by himself started a conversation with me. A few minutes later, an immediately fashionable middle-age woman, a tipsy socialite, returned from the restroom and j...
read moreA Rock In My Shoe
Have you ever tried to run with a rock in your shoe? The other day, I started to put my running shoes on and a rock was caught in my sock. I got my shoe all the way on before I realized the rock was there. I gingerly walked around, trying to move the...
read moreThe Curly Hair Yogi
A few years ago I was eating dinner by myself at a favorite sushi restaurant. I started having a conversation with the woman who was sitting next to me. We immediately started talking when she complemented my curly hair. Her hair was curly. Very qui...
read moreAbout Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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