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The big freeze killed a lot of our tropical plants and trees in spite of our best efforts to protect them. The devastation is very depressing, so it’s been hard to maintain a positive outlook. But “thinking positive” doesn’t mean “always happy,” and I haven’t let the setbacks derail my daily effort. I’m getting better [...]

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In 2009, I relapsed into an old habit of expecting bad things to happen, and focusing on them when they did. I want to change that and build a habit of focusing on the positive. Depending on what research you read, it takes from 21 to 37 daily repetitions of a behavior to make it [...]

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I was poised to write about how horrible 2009 has been and how I’m glad to see it go, but when I thought about all this year has brought, I realized that I’ve let a few recent negative experiences color my perception of the rest of the year. While it could have been better, it [...]

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This morning, I finished the first draft of a short story I’ve been scratching at all year like a persistent insect bite. I’ve already written about the reason it took so long in my last post. Once I got a fuller understanding of my protagonist, writing it became much easier. Frequent pauses during construction of [...]

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Georgia’s Senator Zell Miller once said, “I’ve got more guns than I need but not as many as I want.” I know the feeling. I have more books than shelf space, but I still want more. My home office is also our library, and it is overflowing with books I’m unlikely ever to re-read or [...]

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