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Retirement Day #1486: July Is Dressed Up
Four years retired and yet, at the end of July, a deep tug still pesters my gut: “school is just around the corner tick-tock-tick-tock.”...

M. Linda Graham
Jul 25, 20231 min read


Retirement Day #1474: The "Real Fox" News
Stuck home with the COVID & having a little fever fox fun: https://youtu.be/VtSLX9GFewA

M. Linda Graham
Jul 13, 20231 min read


Fox Mama: A Story of Parental Love
Retirement Day #1414- homage for Mother's Day This seemed like the right day to post a fable of unconditional parental love. A...

M. Linda Graham
May 15, 20231 min read
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Retirement Day #1351 Tonight, Dance 49, the annual showcase dance concert presented for the last (can you guess?) 49 years by the Hope...

M. Linda Graham
Mar 11, 20232 min read


Who's Grooming Who?
Retirement Day #1344 [A Soapbox Moment] Tennessee is officially restricting "adult cabaret performances" — which it defines as including...

M. Linda Graham
Mar 5, 20232 min read


Palindrome Retirement Day #1331
The other day someone asked why I track the days of my retirement. I considered the possible responses- everything from "it's a countdown"...

M. Linda Graham
Feb 21, 20231 min read


“HERE COMES THE SUN, AND I SAY, IT’S ALL RIGHT” – the Beatles
Retirement Day #1321 The morning breeze chilled the dank woods where melting snow darkened the tree trunks to black. A keenness defined...

M. Linda Graham
Feb 11, 20232 min read


Love Languages Lesson, from Argo & Lucca
Just in time for Valentine's Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktGA_jiDIEo

M. Linda Graham
Feb 7, 20231 min read


Argo & Lucca: Every Dog Has His Day - a 2022 Retrospective
A little late, but all sincere: https://youtu.be/JvSJtMF_SmI

M. Linda Graham
Feb 5, 20231 min read


Back to Basics Pt 1: Salt of the Earth
Sunday January 30, 2023 Retirement Day #1310 Salt of the Earth My life has been brined lately. My horse, StarBucks, developed an abscess...

M. Linda Graham
Jan 30, 20232 min read


The Necessary Art - Dance
I have never believed Dance would save the world, although I've always believed it makes the world a better place to save. But recent...

M. Linda Graham
Oct 25, 20221 min read


The Aging Body Part 5: Whack-A-Mole
Retirement Day #1173 Addressing an aging body’s issues becomes a game of Whack-A-Mole. Last Sunday evening, as I virtuously flossed my...

M. Linda Graham
Sep 15, 20221 min read


Retirement Day # 1102: Little Acts - Big Love
July 6, 2022 I’ve had a number of people ask how the healing was coming along. It’s going well, thanks to the little acts of big love...

M. Linda Graham
Jul 6, 20221 min read


Retirement Day #1073: “I Have A Bone To Pick With Fate” – W. Shakespeare
I woke up particularly low this morning. My baseline emotions are fundamentally optimistic, but this morning- not so much. Like a woman...

M. Linda Graham
Jun 7, 20222 min read


Retirement Day #1055
Thank you all for your kind comments regarding this photo of me with my human, Linda. My name is StarBucks – I'm a subtly beautiful 18yr...

M. Linda Graham
May 22, 20221 min read


Body Reconciliation #2: It's Good To Be Sore
“The day you don’t wake up sore is the day you realize a) you didn’t live life fully the day before, or b) you woke up dead.” – J....

M. Linda Graham
Mar 2, 20221 min read


How to Give Yourself a Mini-Dance Partay
“All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the...

M. Linda Graham
Feb 2, 20221 min read


Hello, Day: Training for Transitions
“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.” -John Allen Paulos November...

M. Linda Graham
Nov 21, 20212 min read


How a Pale Horse Found Her Rider
This is the story of how a horse who was ghosted and a woman who was a ghost before she died found each other in a liminal limbo. Like...

M. Linda Graham
Oct 22, 20219 min read


Just in from Pastor Dave:
Body-knowing – Sep. 20, 2021 “In the ancient language of Wisdom, the [physical] moving center carries the “affirming force”; its natural...

M. Linda Graham
Sep 20, 20211 min read
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