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Last Day of November

Nov 30, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 4 Comments

November 30th has arrived and that means three things: November will be over very soon. College Applications for UC’s are due at midnight. It’s the last day of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Post Month) In reverse order: NaBloPoMo. What a month. I could not have predicted just how much I would love and hate the fact […]

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The Passage of Time

Nov 29, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 22 Comments

Tonight as the night began to draw her curtain against the sun I couldn’t help but think how fast the years have slipped past. Sometimes I want to set the hour glass on its side–pause–keep the moment before me in that frame as it is, not let it end. Tonight at Kodiak’s soccer game was […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: High school graduation, NaBloPoMo13, Present moment, Teenagers

Music that Leads to Emotional Lockdown: Twisted Mix-Tape Tuesday

Nov 26, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 20 Comments

  Super thrilled to take on another week of Jen Kehl’s, Twisted Mix Tape. This week the theme is: This Song Could Have Sent Me to Jail. Want to join the fun? Great! Create your own and join the Twisted Mix Tape Link-up here. Well the way I see it “JAIL” is a relatively loose […]

Filed Under: Music, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: NaBloPoMo13, twisted mix-tape Tuesday

Nature’s Bounty

Nov 25, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 7 Comments

The Promise of a New Day.                 The way the air smells after the rain.  .                Nature’s dance: Murmuration.  

Filed Under: For the Love of Nature, Living, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Grateful, NaBloPoMo13, nature

Reframing Memory: Thoughts on being a Granparent

Nov 24, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

It was a rainy autumn day—leaves stuck to the road, windshield wipers kept time to the soft fluttering beat of my heart. What had been a conversation between my mother and me had ended. After the words hung between us as if strung out on a clothesline. “Do not ever expect me to be the […]

Filed Under: Memories, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Grandparents, Memory, NaBloPoMo13

The (not so) Big Reveal

Nov 23, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 16 Comments

Looks as if I won this round of 5 Truths, 1 Lie. No one came close. Of course only 3 people played, versus the 90+ on my new friend Jen’s blog, so I’m thinking statistically speaking the odds were in my favor to pull off the lie… 1). I love going to the beach and […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Fear, NaBloPoMo13, Name Change, Weird Jobs

Missing the Mark: Unraveling a Convoluted Blog Post

Nov 22, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 16 Comments

Have you ever sent a message that was completely misconstrued? Well I have. It happened yesterday. After  I re-read my words this morning three things occurred to me: 1. There are three, if not four, blogs inside of one. 2. I was emotionally charged 3. I shouldn’t have hit publish. What’s done is done. Or […]

Filed Under: Blog Lessons, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: blogging lessons, NaBloPoMo13, Regret, Writing

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