Category: Beginnings
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Definitely out of the box!…
Well, I did it! Remember that box I said I was bursting out of…that new project and path I said I was going to embark on in my last post? Well, it’s happened…I am definitely out of the box and into a whole new world. I launched my new website and blog, Imperfect Zen, last…
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A sign of a good friendship…
I don’t know precisely how the saying goes or if it is even really a “saying,” but the gist of it is: A sign of a good friendship is that no matter how much time passes between seeing each other you can pick up as if no time has passed at all. Well, time has…
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And what a leap it was!…
…all the way from the New Year to mid-summer! How did that happen…? Well, I can only describe the first few months in my new position at the college as truly grabbing hold of a moving train and hanging on for dear life. But hang on I did, and manage to scramble aboard and squeeze…
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The true leap…
After ten days of glorious winter sunshine, the rains have returned. And after ten days of luxurious winter break, I must return to the real world and a new position! Somehow, despite the moments of anxiety and trepidation that have punctuated my vacation whenever I considered the leap I’m taking, quite unexpectedly, today I find myself ready…
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Fog…mourning doves…2017…
I awoke this morning to find the house enshrouded in mist. It was as if, while I slept, the fog which has so befuddled my creative senses these past six months seeped from my head with each sleeping snore, then out through the cracks of this drafty house, leaving my mind clear for the new year. It seemed almost too…
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Welcome! Cocktail?…
A new blog…and a proper writer’s website! *sound of cork popping* Welcome to my new home. Apologies for the mess…I’m still settling in. Sorry…do you mind taking your shoes off? Thanks. Now, grab a champagne cocktail and curl up on the sofa…just scoot the kitties out of the way…and let me tell you what I’ve been…
Shelley Masini 