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Find Your Couch, People!

Find Your Couch, People!

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s or Captain Pontification. And no, we don’t always agree. 🙂 And I did not freaking fall asleep on the couch today. I was there for five minutes, so he is a lying liar who lies. It is 3:35 in the afternoon…

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I Blame it On My Wife aka Carrie

I Blame it On My Wife aka Carrie

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s or Captain Pontification. And no, we don’t always agree. 🙂 Here’s Shaun It is 7:25 p.m. in Bar Harbor, Maine and I still haven’t written my blog post! You know what that means? That means Carrie can’t…

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It's okay to sully a good reputation sometimes.

It’s okay to sully a good reputation sometimes.

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s or Captain Pontification. And no, we don’t always agree. 🙂 And lots of times his jokes get me all embarrassed. I am having a really hard time with this blog today. I feel badly because Carrie can’t post it…

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Shaun Saved a Dog Hit By a Car and Talks about How Sometimes Going Out of Your Way is Just the Right Thing to Do

Shaun Saved a Dog Hit By a Car and Talks about How Sometimes Going Out of Your Way is Just the Right Thing to Do

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s or Captain Pontification. And no, we don’t always agree. 🙂 But this time we definitely do. Shaun Farrar Yesterday did not start off great for me. It was a stressful morning in a routine sort of way,…

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How one ex-cop has mellowed out

How one ex-cop has mellowed out

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s or Captain Pontification. And no, we don’t always agree. 🙂 Shaun squinting. I recently read a Facebook post by someone who lives in my community about not letting love and kindness die in today’s…

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I Wish I Could Explain To My Kid . . .

I Wish I Could Explain To My Kid . . .

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s or Captain Pontification. And no, we don’t always agree. 🙂 Do you remember being in middle school? I do. I remember many variations of middle school because I went to at least three of them in different…

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Do you ever think about death?

Do you ever think about death?

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s or Captain Pontification. And no, we don’t always agree. 🙂 Do you ever think about death? By that I mean your own impending death, because everyone’s death is impending after all. I have always thought…

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Flexible Love is the Best Love

Flexible Love is the Best Love

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s or Captain Pontification. And no, we don’t always agree. 🙂 On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does…

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Break the Rules of You

Break the Rules of You

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s or Captain Pontification. And no, we don’t always agree. 🙂 Today, somehow, I allowed Carrie to successfully wake me up at the unholy hour of 5 a.m. When I was a child and a teenager, I was a morning…

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What Did You Do When You Were Eight? Do it Now. Be Happy.

What Did You Do When You Were Eight? Do it Now. Be Happy.

So, at dinner last night, Carrie introduced me to this little crumb of life coach theory. She asked me what my three favorite things were to do when I was eight years old. I looked at her like she had three heads and asked her how she expected me to remember such information at my age. Of course, she hates it when I deflect her questions with another question in an effort to stall or just…

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Love Your Way Through It

Love Your Way Through It

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s or Captain Pontification. And no, we don’t always agree. 🙂 Shaun Farrar So, I have decided that the problem with the world today is a lack of love and compassion for other human beings. Of course, by…

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You Lucky Duck

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s or Captain Pontification. And no, we don’t always agree. 🙂 Shaun Farrar Do you believe in luck? Do you believe in karma? Do you believe that bigfoot is really an alien being in a less than carefully chosen…

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Get ready for a little north versus south love

Get ready for a little north versus south love

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s. Best husband award So, I love food! Like, I love everything about it from growing to harvesting (both plants and animals), to preparation and of course, eating. I enjoy all types of food and one of my…

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Look, Ma! No Mask! Friendship Rocks!

Look, Ma! No Mask! Friendship Rocks!

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s. HELP US AND DO AN AWESOME GOOD DEED So, last night Carrie and I went to a friend’s house for a small gathering of fully vaccinated people who had also lived through their two week of after vaccination…

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What Is Perfect?

On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s. Have you ever made up your own definition of a word? I think that in a debate situation I tend to do it quite frequently and that is really laughable but a sign of my ego and desire to be correct! I am…

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Beauty and Love are About More Than Makeup and Fashion

Beauty and Love are About More Than Makeup and Fashion

Sometimes Shaun is swoon worthy. On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer dude from the 1990s. I am sure that there must be a name or a scientific explanation for what I am about to talk about, but I will tell you up front that I am too lazy to look it up and will…