Laurie Nigro
Glorious, perfect solitude: Dream on
Have you turned into a person who makes plans with people and then secretly hopes they will cancel?
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Laurie Nigro Sometimes car-time is your only me-time
I am often giddy with the possibilities of this me-time. What to do? I could listen to the news. As enticing, if not more so, is the option of listening to music. My music. Just mine.
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Laurie Nigro And we’re off! That didn’t take long, did it? Lazy summer days already a hazy memory
So far, I've not eaten my kids (yay me!) but I can't guarantee it won't ever happen. High school isn't over for a lot more years.
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Laurie Nigro In this adventure called life, finding the right tribe means everything
I’m a tremendously blessed woman. And that's what I chose to take away from this summer, flying bags of flaming dog crap and all.
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Laurie Nigro Who knew an unwelcome summer illness could be so eye-opening?
The kids rose up like phoenixes from the ashes of mom-sickness to take care of Mom, themselves and the whole house. They even kept the animals alive. All of them!
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Laurie Nigro: Can’t retailers let us have a little bit of summer before back-to-school ads begin?
Back-to-school circulars arrive before the Fourth of July and by August, stores have Halloween costumes and even Christmas decorations on display.
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Laurie Nigro: Backyard blackberry brambles and mugwort: fun in the garden (not)
Wrestling with thorny berry brambles and mugwort in the garden is not Laurie's idea of fun.
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Laurie Nigro: I’ve checked yes on every box of the ‘Are you a crazy animal lady?’ questionnaire
Becoming a crazy animal lady just snuck up on me – I should have seen the signs.
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Summer showdown: Bugs 1, Me 0
There's no possible positive outcome to sharing your shower with a spider.
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Laurie Nigro: Calm in the face of ‘calamity’? Not!
Life throws unexpected circumstances our way. Even in the kitchen. It's how we respond to them that matters.