For the past few days I’d been working on a post about new year’s resolutions–which I don’t make anymore (because there is no faster way to get myself fighting against what I want to…
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My word of the year for 2021 is Open, and when I made that choice I really had no idea how many ways it was going to impact my life. I thought about being…
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If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know this is the time of year when I start looking forward. I’m not a big believer in new year’s resolutions—as far as I…
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I don’t know when I first learned about what scientists call the littoral zone of a coastline. Basically, that’s the space between the high water mark–which normally isn’t under water–and the parts that are…
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To begin, a confession: for many years, I had absolutely no idea how much money Mike and I had in the bank at any given moment. He was happy to manage our finances, and…
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If you follow She Dwells on Facebook, you may have read the story of Trudy Smith. She’s a 102-year-old woman who took up painting at 85, after the death of her husband. Or the…
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Do you live in the same place where you were born, or where you spent most of your growing-up years? As a culture, we have a reputation for being pioneers. Wanderers. Restless spirits ready…