Lynn Denton
One Year, One Word
Is it ever too late in the year to set goals? Of course not. A friend was telling me the other day about an alternative to setting New...
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Lynn Denton
Aug 21, 20233 min
Happiness is....
Did you know there are 23,000 books that have happiness in the title? I’ve been interested in this word, happiness, and this concept for...
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Lynn Denton
Nov 22, 20223 min
A Gift from the Heart
Over the past few years, after my parents passed away, many of their possessions made their way to our house. Some furniture, some...
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Lynn Denton
Dec 31, 20214 min
Getting Through It
I really enjoy writing for my blog, but had hoped to find inspiration from topics other than Covid and related effects. But here we are...
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Lynn Denton
Jul 29, 20213 min
Stuff
This is not going to be a sad story, I promise. But it does start out with the process of going through my parents’ condo, after their...
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Lynn Denton
Dec 20, 20203 min
My “Best Of’s”
I love writing my blog. It is a joy for me, and especially because I write when I want to, when the inspiration is there. No...
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Lynn Denton
Apr 27, 20203 min
Keep it Simple
We are in about our sixth week of sheltering in place. Hopefully this post finds you healthy and safe, and getting more “used to” the...
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Lynn Denton
Mar 14, 20203 min
Unusual and Trying Times
Right now, we are in a very unusual time. There is a global pandemic and it is causing problems on many, many levels. First and...
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Lynn Denton
Aug 12, 20194 min
Life and Loss
My father recently passed away at the age of 90. He was a gentle soul and a gentleman, a talented baker of bread and cinnamon rolls, a...
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Lynn Denton
Mar 10, 20194 min
A Fork in the Road
One of my favorite places in the world is Sedona, Arizona. Recently my husband and I took a trip there to get away from the polar vortex...
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Lynn Denton
May 12, 20184 min
Be Kind To Yourself
Many of us spend a fair amount of time doing for others. If we are parents, we are regularly doing for our kids. We do for our spouses...
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Lynn Denton
Mar 4, 20184 min
You’ll Thank Me When You’re Thirty
Maybe some of you have seen the movie Lady Bird. It is an intense story of a teenage girl coming of age, doing rebellious teenage things....
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Lynn Denton
Oct 8, 20174 min
Slow. It. Down.
The last six weeks for me have been a whirlwind of busy. Mostly good things, some not so good. A wonderful vacation complete with a...
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Lynn Denton
Jul 30, 20174 min
Did You Put on Sunscreen?
I was riding my bike along the Lake Michigan path the other day, and I observed a woman shouting to a man who I think was her very adult...
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Lynn Denton
Jun 17, 20175 min
Navigating Boundaries
It’s summer and many of us are thinking…..vacation, outdoors, hiking, boating, swimming, blue lakes, tall green trees, warm sand and lots...
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Lynn Denton
Apr 4, 20174 min
Thirty Days
I have been hearing about the idea of “30 days to a new habit.” The concept is that it takes 30 days of doing something new, every day,...
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Lynn Denton
Jan 13, 20174 min
Look Up
I’m worried. People everywhere are walking with their heads down. They are young, they are quite elderly and they are in-between. ...
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Lynn Denton
Jul 31, 20164 min
What is Grit?
Recently I’ve been hearing about “grit.” This term is currently being used in psychology, but let’s talk about it in a more physical...
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Lynn Denton
Dec 6, 20153 min
The Year of the Lost Luggage
This is our Year of the Lost Luggage. Our suitcases have been lost twice this year. In the many years that I have been traveling by...
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Lynn Denton
Jul 15, 20153 min
Home Movies
My husband recently gave our family an unexpected gift. He had all of our home movies put on to DVD’s. Many of the film clips we had...
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