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Continue reading →: Rethinking My Methods
The facts: I’m anxious, and regularly experience pretty drastic mood swings. My back, hips, and knees often feel inflamed, swollen, and extremely painful. Most mornings, my hips hurt so much that I have a hard time getting out of bed. I’ve outgrown almost all of my dresses and pants –…
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Continue reading →: Notes On Getting There
One of those weird colloquialisms that I heard a lot growing up was the phrase “I’m getting there.” Normally uttered in response to the banal greeting “How’s it going?”, “I’m getting there” can mean a lot more than the three words initially imply. Read at face value, telling someone that…
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Continue reading →: She’s So…Busy?
If you’re as weird as I am, hopefully you read that title to the tune of “She’s So Heavy” by the Beatles. But you’re probably not that weird. Good for you, you cute little normal person! Nah, just kidding – seriously, go get some Beatles in this morning. It’ll help ease those Monday blues…
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Continue reading →: The Fine Art Of Buckling Down
I’m starting something new tomorrow, and I’m a little scared. After years of repeated (failed) attempts to eat the right foods and exercise on a regular schedule, I’ve decided it’s time to make the changes I’ve known I should make all along. A few days ago, I took the leap…
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Continue reading →: C&Q Is Back In Business!
Great news! After the last couple of weeks of drama (website down, website back, website down for people outside the US, website down again for everyone, website disappeared completely even for me…), I finally got it all sorted out. Well, mostly. I’m back on WordPress.com, no longer self-hosted, and I’ve…
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Continue reading →: Now With Added Technical Difficulties!
So you might notice that my blog looks radically different than it did last week. If you take a sec to look around, you’ll also notice that it doesn’t contain a single new post since October of 2013 (excluding this one, of course). Long story short – my website went…
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Continue reading →: Welcome To Your Life
You might not remember this, but I do. It was our first concert. The concert that changed things. The show that got me hoping I had it in me to finally knock loose of my foundations and start building a new life. It’s funny how music and laughter can mix…
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Continue reading →: Nerd Girl Meets Bad Boy (aka. Closing Time)
This is the second installment of a series I’m calling “Nerd Girl Meets…”. Two of the biggest themes in my life thus far have been the seemingly endless search for romantic companionship and the definitely endless search for great music. Love and music tend to go together in my life, for…
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Continue reading →: Detoxification: Eight Days In And Smelling Fine
One of the ways that I knew my ex and I probably shouldn’t be together is that he didn’t smell good to me. And from his comments when I’d come home sweaty from a run, I didn’t smell too hot to him, either. For a long time I just chalked…
Hello,
I’m Nova
I have no “personal brand.” I’m not a girl boss, I’m not an influencer, and I don’t aspire to be powerful, inspiring, or rich. I probably can’t teach you anything, and there’s a good chance that there’s nothing at all of interest or use to you here. This is just where I come to talk about the random bits and pieces that make up my quiet life as a sober woman in her 40s. I’m engaged to the love of my life, have six (yes, SIX) indoor pets, and spend a lot of time gardening and hunting for thrift treasures. I also study classical voice (I’m a lyric coloratura soprano) and am deeply interested in all things spiritual and paranormal. Right now I’m trying to recover from career burnout and even out my personal energy, but my eventual goal is to become a medium and shamanic healer, using music to remind humans of the things that actually matter: connection, community, and loving all living things as though they were our own children. I may or may not talk about all of these things here (and sometimes all at once). Welcome!
Compass & Quill 