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25 Random Things…

Nov 18, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 8 Comments

  About 5 years ago there was a game played on Facebook called, 25 Random Things About You, it had a lot of rules associated with it. This is a […]

Filed Under: Living, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: 25 Random Things, Life, Stuff that matters

First Woman to Sleep on Mt. Shasta

Nov 12, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 7 Comments

For those who don’t know, my mother died this past May. Among other things, I inherited her writing–my mother was a beautiful writer. What my mother was not, is organized. […]

Filed Under: Just Write, Life Lessons, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: 1923, Family Legacy, Mt. Shasta History, Women Pioneers

Fall Day

Nov 9, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

The great lesson…is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one’s daily life. In one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s back yard.–Abraham […]

Filed Under: Life Lessons, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: life lessons, NaBloPoMo13, quotes

Message from the Pantry

Nov 3, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 18 Comments

In March of 2011, the universe sent me a rather messy message via my pantry. Last Friday I got sick. And I mean the sort of sick that found me […]

Filed Under: All things Writing, Life Lessons, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Inner Voice, NaBloPoMo13, Self-Care, Sickness, Writing

An Invitation to Join Me: NaBloPoMo13

Nov 1, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 18 Comments

If you have been kind enough to subscribe to my musings every time I click, PUBLISH, thank you! Now I feel it’s only fair that I should warn you: During […]

Filed Under: All things Writing, Living, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Friendship, NaBloPoMo13, Writing

Folded, Hanging and Boxed: My Closet Life

Oct 30, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Whenever I purge my closet, I always imagine the results will be long-lasting. I know I’m deluding myself, but I consider indulging in the fantasy pretty cheap entertainment. There are […]

Filed Under: Grief, Life Lessons Tagged With: Closet Cleaning, Grief

Childhood is Fleeting, Motherhood is Forever

Apr 21, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal Leave a Comment

I had no inkling, the first time I learned I was pregnant, of the combination of awe and regret that motherhood would stitch into my soul. But my firstborn, now […]

Filed Under: Empty Nest, Life Lessons, On being a parent Tagged With: Love, Motherhood, Raising Children, Regret

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