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Category: Family

Parents, kids, war of the sexes and all the other strife that is better than being alone

Creating Teams Through Gossip

Posted on October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 by Hilarey

I’ve been slowly working my way through a book titled Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation by comedian Elizabeth Beckwith. It’s ranting, witty, and irreverent. (If you have a problem with bad language it isn’t for you.) From the beginning of the book she sets down the foundation of raising your kids this Read More

Posted in Family, The Heart and Motives

What would you change in your life?

Posted on June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 by Hilarey

My husband and I were sitting on the swing the other night talking about what we were most excited/nervous about in the upcoming move. We’re leaving the house we raised our kids in to downsize: less rooms, less house, less yard. I’m sad whenever I think about losing my yard and overwhelming garden, but I’m Read More

Posted in Crooked Carrots, Family, Miscellaneous

All the places I’ve run

Posted on September 3, 2015September 2, 2015 by Hilarey

It has been a very busy summer — mostly in August. I’m running R4HG again and kicked off training this spring in Bend, OR. It was so idyllic to start training that way. At one point I stopped to take a picture of a swan. (And then she promptly squawked, honked and chased every other Read More

Posted in Family, Irony, Novels, Reluctant runner 4 Comments

Las Vegas Atmosphere

Posted on March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 by Hilarey

  Las Vegas is my husband’s least favorite city to travel on business. Last week, I joined him for a couple nights to make it suck less. (His words.) You can watch the off-the-strip recruiters look you, and then purposefully not offer the advertisements they offer to men who aren’t with their wives. The thing Read More

Posted in Beyond the Churchyard, Family, Novels

Goodbye Jayne Cobb

Posted on October 30, 2014October 30, 2014 by Hilarey

One week today we lost our kitty, Jayne Cobb. He was not wanted when he showed up, less than a handful of matted, dirty hair. I didn’t realize I was a cat person until he spent the last three years following me around every morning (making that precious grumble Maine Coon cats make) until I Read More

Posted in Family 5 Comments
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