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Lift Your Spirits…

Shoppers are weary. At the mall yesterday--hate the place with a red hot passion--nothing's changed. It's as awful as ever. How is it a festive time of year becomes a battleground of gifts, hurrying and grousing? Add to it reflection: on love, on loss, on change, on both joy and hardship. Sometimes the weight is… Continue reading Lift Your Spirits…

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Out Of The Box Again…

10:41...Twenty-four more days... The next step on business growth journey is extending the reach of The Duchess Diaries. As with any business expansion new skills must be mastered, risks taken, faith polished and delivery must be all that's promised and more. After that, deliver some more. Oh, and jump out of the box. Again. And… Continue reading Out Of The Box Again…

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Where’s My Ghost?

When someone loses a spouse--one they like--invariably the subject of an afterlife sprouts. It's natural. It's difficult to think of loved ones, worms crawling in and out their noses for all time, am I right? Thoughts like, where are they now? Do they watch us? Are they with us? We yearn for some sort of… Continue reading Where’s My Ghost?