HaldeCrate
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It was twenty years ago today, Sgt Pepper taught the band to play
If you would have asked me twenty years ago what I thought I might be writing, looking back on twenty years of marriage, talking about “my first year-and-change of being a Widow” would not have been the topic I would have thought. So, you know, CW for grief and rage and confusion and all that,
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Favorite foods
Do you have a favorite dish, special dessert, or go-to recipe? Where has this dish made appearances in your life? Is there a common thread? Why do you love it so much? That I make? Or that I like to eat? I mean, I can put a hurting on some lobster macaroni and cheese. And
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Planner Thunderdome 2023: The Clever Fox Planner
I was going to do this as one post with all five planners that I bought to flip through, but I took a lot of pictures and I still can’t really get that album carousel thing to work right so I’ll just do one post per planner, and maybe a wrap-up at the end. Yay,
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Hey, bud, it’s been a while since I’ve written
CW for anyone new, the posts in my “Letters to Tim” series touch on the death of a spouse, living with loss, the blend of absurdity and terrible weight of grief, and what I hope is a healthy dose of self-reflection and self-discovery. If it seems weird to you, that I’m writing letters to my
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What is this feeling? Is it… hope? Is it… the desire to plan? Is it… trust?
If I linked to every blog post I’ve ever written about planners, I’d have a list like a mile long. In fact, why have I never flat out made a “planner” category? Or at least a tag?! I should do that. Hold on, let me write that down so I don’t forget. OK; I’m back.
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Welcome, new friends!
Usually, “welcome new friends” or “welcome new followers” is something I say jokingly, after I say something super crass… but this time I mean it because I’ve been playing with Jetpack and I think my blog is now going to cross-post a link to… uh… most of my social media spots, most of which I




