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Won’t You Come Along?
Dear Followers, I miss you! As a follower of my blog, One Rich Life, I want to let you know that my address has changed and you can now find my blog posts over at http://joanzrough.com. Click on “My Blog,” … Continue reading
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Good News!
Good news! My new website is getting closer to being finished and my memoir progresses. Once my website is up, you’ll find out the title of my book and get to read Chapter One. Hopefully you’ll get a hint of … Continue reading
Posted in Being Creative, Books, Healthy Living, Life, Memoir, The Journey, Time, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Intentions, Moving Forward, Reading
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Don’ Give Up
I’ve been running into those words often for a couple of days now as I try to get myself back into my daily routine and at work on my memoir. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in which the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dogs, family, Friendships, Gratefulness, Healing, Life, love, Memoir, Navigating Through Life, Quotes, The Garden, Time, Uncategorized, Wise Words, Writing
Tagged Easter, Grandchildren, Harry Potter, Intentions, joy, laughter, loss, Moving Forward, Shirley Showalter, Traveling, Virginia Festival of the Book
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Practice … Practice … Practice
“Why is it we understand that playing the cello will require work but we relegate writing to the magic of inspiration? Chances are, any child who stays with an instrument for more than two weeks has some adult who is … Continue reading
Posted in Being Creative, Life, Music, Quotes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Ann Patchett, Cello, Intentions, journaling, Practice, Success, writing
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Brody 2008 – 2013
I am bereft. I cannot possibly write about it now. Maybe later. Just know he was a very small dog with a huge personality and lived his life living with joy until the very end. He taught me many lessons while … Continue reading
Posted in Animals I Love, Dogs, family, Friendships, Gratefulness, The Journey, Uncategorized
Tagged Angels, joy, laughter, loss, love, Time-out
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Batty’s Pride And Joy
Who’s Batty? I am. That’s what my granddaughter, Zoe named me when she was just beginning to talk and it’s stuck. Doesn’t sound anything like Grandma or Grammy or any other name little kids call their grandmothers. But that’s fine … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, family, Friendships, Gratefulness, Life, love, Time, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged Feeding the Soul, joy, laughter, trust
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Saying It Out Loud
I’ve written a guest post on my daughter’s blog, Sacred Circle. It’s about my way of making my intentions known, my Artist’s Journal, and the summer writing camp I’ve been attending. I hope you enjoy!
Happy New Year!
New Year’s Eve Today we stripped the pine It rests in the woods a place for wrens to sleep Glass ornaments tucked in tissue are boxed on storeroom shelves Family faces recede in train windows one leap second passes without sound … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, family, Poetry, Uncategorized
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Commack: Robin
Dad is at work. Mom has gone out for a while, leaving me in charge of my two brothers. It’s a sun-drenched June morning. Tommy and Reid are outside playing in the sandbox with trucks and cranes. Suddenly they come … Continue reading
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