Tag: Atlanta
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The coldest day ever
We’ve had a very frigid old snap across most of the United States. Atlanta has seen its coldest temperatures in decades. As someone who grew up in the Northeast, I can only remember a few times in my life that it’s been anywhere near this cold! There’s not much more I can say that hasn’t […]
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Discover Your Life Purpose Workshop – Jan 26
Please register by Thursday, January 24 to secure your spot. All workshop participants will receive one free follow-up coaching session.
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The great migration
16 years ago today, I loaded up a U-Haul truck and moved down to Atlanta from NYC. I had only planned to be here for a short time. I had every intention of moving back up to NYC once I got my life and finances back on track. I couldn’t really imagine living anywhere else. […]
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Just breathe slower, or, my misadventures with pulmonary disorders
It all started with a persistent hacking cough, tightness in the chest, wheezing and shortness of breath. Welcome to springtime in Atlanta. I’m not usually affected by the massive pollen bombardment, but this year it got me. After a particularly bad bout of symptoms that persisted after fitness bootcamp one night, I went to urgent care. The diagnosis was bronchitis, and […]
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The (not so) secret life of poets
A childhood friend of mine, who is in the process of writing a novel and is blogging about it, asked me to write a post about how I was able to get my poetry published. That’s a pretty interesting story, in and of itself. In early spring of 1999, I went to a party at my friend […]
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Winter one better do me one better
It’s the dead of winter, remember Sun setting red on the hill of red trees Cold dusk’s blue clouds white skies I count the days I dream (Bernadette Mayer, Midwinter Day) I’m having a serious case of February. I thank Martha Beck for her humorous and insightful blog post about coping with the doldrums of […]
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Pain and gain, or how I learned to love exercise
Last April, I convinced my husband it would be a good idea for us to join an exercise program and spend quality time together. I don’t like exercising, especially doing reps on machines in a gym, but I had a recurring upper back/shoulder injury that was taking a long time to respond to treatment, which […]
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Atlanta? Rude? Got a problem with that?
Making the rounds in the local news today is a recent story run in Travel + Leisure ranking America’s rudest cities. It turns out that the Southeast’s largest city is losing some of its trademark genteel. Atlanta ranked #11 in the poll, just shy of the top ten. At the top of the list? Los […]