Kana's Chronicles
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Thanks for sharing this post. I can relate, for sure!
I’m with you with reading but I don’t read as mum as my sister Sue My brain spends a lot…
I do enjoy each obsession as it’s upon me… But I will say that some of them are more USEFUL…
Ahhh the mind of a creative. Nice to have you back! My husband and I both do the same thing…
Author: Kana Smith
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For those of us who start our taxes ON April 15, the rare year when April 15 falls on a Sunday is something to celebrate…A whole extra day to procrastinate! And this year we get another whole day, thanks to Washington D.C.’s Emancipation holiday tomorrow. Add in the fact that it’s Leap Year–which bumped the…
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Yesterday I was stowing some papers in our fire-proof safe, and I paused for a moment to contemplate the odd assortment of items tucked into it. In theory, an inventory of this little fire-proof box should answer the question people sometimes ask: “If your house were on fire (and the PEOPLE were all safe) what…
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The Harry Potter series of books finally ensorcelled my daughter last week over Spring Break. She has watched all the movies (in fact, I’m sure we have Harry Potter to thank for her utter lack of hesitation about wearing her new glasses) and I figured she just needed a jump-start on the books, so we…
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“I can see clearly now, the rain is gone; I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind–it’s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day!” ~Bob Marley, I Can See Clearly Just before my kids’ birthdays last month, my Ex dropped them off with a note that Elena…
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My husband and I are really terrible about birthday and Christmas and anniversary gifts. It’s not that we forget the holidays–it’s that we never manage to wait to give a gift on the actual holiday for which it was intended. Sometimes I manage to hit his birthday, but that’s only because he’ll get what was…
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I’ve mentioned before that my mother is my story-telling idol. Well, she’s one of several… My storytelling-on-pages idol is Robert Jordan (who had the audacity to go and die before finishing the Wheel of Time series I’ve been waiting on since I picked up the first book in 1992… though I’m relieved to report that…
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My hubby’s got a bug in his ear this week, and I’m excited to see him excited. I think the bug itself hopped onboard last Friday or so, when his boss asked him the loaded question: “What are your goals working here, Keoni?” Given that the boss had just (earlier that afternoon) fired the kitchen…
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what an apt description–I know that feeling too! Like thumbing the wheel of a lighter when there’s not enough fuel…