Category: 24-7 Life lessons from Mom
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Cold front day, day off, legs day
by Jay Hiller, December 22, 2022 Three things about my day. Photo by Tony Hand on Unsplash Here are three things about today: First, a cold front blew in I proved I don’t remember how to dress for cold weather by going on the dog walk with my ankles exposed to the air and wearing…
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The value of pets
by Jay Hiller, December 8, 2022 Photo by Hannah Lim on Unsplash Seven years ago, I had a stray cat named Luna. I fed her every day for about 6 months before she disappeared. I paid a little girl on the street to feed her when I went on vacation and my husband built her…
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The Right Story
by Jay Hiller, November 20, 2022 Photo by Max Saeling on Unsplash A book I’ve been looking forward to reading, Death by Comfort by Paul Taylor, arrived in the mail today. It opens with this quote: “You’re okay the way you are” is not the right story. The right story “You’re way less than you…
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The transitional space: we’re all in it
by Jay Hiller, November 10, 2022 Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash About a year ago, I read this book by George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo, without ever understanding what a bardo is. It wasn’t until I heard the author on a fiction podcast that I understood that a bardo is a transitional space.…
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‘No,’ is a complete answer
by Jay Hiller, October 24, 2022 There are many kinds of requests. Two kinds of requests that can be made of you are things that you don’t want to do and should say no to and things that you do want to do and should say no to. The first one most of us have…