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Mary Oliver on Taking the Day Off, “Letting the Voodoos of Ambition Sleep”

Just a reminder how much can happen when you take the day off…

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inspiration mindset poems

Heading for Deep Analog, We’ll Be Back in September

We’ve suddenly realized that we’re heading into the home stretch of summer, with September in the too-near distance, and feel, well, we really need to STOP. We are world-weary, still. So we’re heading OUT, to immerse ourselves in deep analog.

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How to Say “Leave Me Alone”

We regularly go through periods of needing to retreat for a few hours or a day, just because…we’re tired, or a bit overwhelmed, or need to process something or just…rest. We chalk it up to our constitution, natural introversion, life. Although we know that EVERYONE goes through these spells, for one reason or another, barring just…

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Summer Fun Ideas for the Last Sweet Weeks

While we’re off for this last sweet week of summer, we thought we’d leave you with a round-up of some of our best ideas for your own summer ramblings, even if those ramblings are just in your head.

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Time Off…via George Booth and Yoko Ono

Sometimes Improvised Life is like this George Booth cartoon. RELAX A LITTLE, yells Improvised Life, in its well-meaning, demanding way. Then we saw Yoko Ono’s lovely sign

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