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You're Part of the Study

5/2/11 8:53am by ms_lorelei
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In the wake of the recent anxiety storm over Apple and Google’s collection of data through phones, the chatter about privacy and data mining rose by a few dozen decibels, as well it should have. As consumers who seldom think beyond convenience and entertaining gadgetry, we need to fully understand the flow of information that affords us those services.  Read more >

What a Dying Patient Taught Me about Living

4/8/11 10:00am by ms_lorelei
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Elderly hand in a younger hand

While working a very busy job as the speech pathologist between several hospitals, the therapist who normally handled home-health patients took a vacation. Why? At the time I concluded principally to inconvenience me. She may in fact have had other motivations. So, of course, on a particularly busy day, I got a call that a home health patient had been referred. To make matters even better, the patient was nearly an hour away. I complained. A lot.  Read more >

The Pebbles That Mark the Small Moments of Life

3/14/11 4:00pm by ms_lorelei
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Pebbles

Like markers on ancient highways, they measure my life's distance. I can look back and see the impressions they make in the earth I build by living. Yet they are dwarfed in number by the pebbles. The great stepping stones of my most significant moments swim in a sea of pebbles - the memories of the lopsided birthday cake and the puppy with the muddy feet.  Read more >

Not Far Enough

3/8/11 12:36pm by ms_lorelei
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I run. I run because I’m a woman in my 40’s and I need to exercise to live the life I want to live for a long as I hope to live it. But I do not like it. I play tricks on myself to run. I play games with my brain to push myself. A half-mile is an extra cookie. Or I taunt myself. Just run until the end of this song. You can do that much, can’t you? This is how I get any reasonable distance out of myself. And by reasonable, I mean reasonable for me. I’m satisfied with that.   Read more >

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A year long fundraiser for the American Stroke Association where a trashy purses travels the country encouraging women to care for themselves so they can care for others.

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Lori O
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Woking mom-aholic writer and pursuer of the lovely living space. My blog is lifestyle/decorating meets working-mom/humor. 

 

Main goal in life: Singing the lead soprano part in Puccini live on a Vienna stage. Barring that, a home without cat-hair and the perfect mocha. 

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