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Continue reading →: Day #11: Just Another Manic Monday
It’s been a bit of a roller coaster so far this morning, so sorry that I didn’t have time to check in with you first thing. It’s still a bit crazy, but just to give you a simple rundown before running off to catch up on work stuff: 1) Weighed…
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Continue reading →: The Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Chip Coffey posted this tonight on Facebook, and since this prayer is one of my favorite inspirational sayings of all time, I thought I’d repost here. As you know, I love St. Francis. I also love WWII history, and am a big fan of “Band of Brothers,” both the book…
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Continue reading →: Day #10 Wrap Up: Just Under the Wire
No, I didn’t exercise today; sue me. It was raining all day long, and I didn’t want to have to walk or bike to yoga in the rain. Obviously, I also didn’t want to go running in the rain. So instead I just watched what I ate and hung out…
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Continue reading →: On the 10th Day…
It’s Sunday, and I’m really not in the mood to spend the entire day on the internet (I know, isn’t that weird?) so I’m going to keep this short and sweet. I weighed in at 159.6 lbs this morning, took all of my supplements, then had a pretty decent breakfast…
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Continue reading →: Closing Out Day #9 (Lamely)
I was exhausted and fuzzy-brained all day today. Not sure what was going on, but I ended up taking it easy as a result. Now that I’m thinking about it, I wonder if I’m suffering a reaction to whatever was in our Chinese food on Thursday. I was pretty tired…
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Continue reading →: Vacation Archives – Day #7 (continued): More Assisi
Some of you might be wondering why it’s taken me so long to finish telling you guys about my amazing vacation. It’s hard to say this, but here it is – I lost a blog entry. Lost it. Zip, zero, gone, not coming back. Somehow I ended up erasing an…
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Continue reading →: Welcome to Day #9
It’s Saturday, 9:30am. I’m in my favorite pj pants, curled up on our used-to-be-white sectional couch. Outside, a cacophony of crickets, traffic, and capoeira music from the school across the block do their best to drift into my house and annoy the shit out of me. It’s working. Why, oh why, couldn’t…
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Continue reading →: Day #8: Uptick
This is one of those days I was telling you about, where my weight swings up and I feel like a complete failure. However, I’m not going to be that girl today. Today I’m going to be a winner, keep a calm head, and come out on top. I weighed…
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!
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