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I spent several hours last week searching for people who served with my dad in the 1950s. He was drafted in 1952, served in the 4th Infantry as part of the United States Army Europe (USAREUR), and was stationed in Germany until 1954. He took hundreds…

I’m kind of obsessed with Instagram. This is hardly shocking. But I’m not going there to do the things we love to do on social media (i.e. compare ourselves to others, or vent and get pulled into vicious back-and-forths on hot button issues). Nope.…

I just came off working the corporate show I write every summer. It’s a project that takes all of my resources for the month of July, including being onsite for the week of the event. Though it means long days where emotions sometimes run high, it’s…

I got a pedicure the other day at my regular pedicure place (Deluxe Nail Salon & Spa, if you’re curious: they are THE BEST in Cincinnati). Anyway, I get a different nail technician each time I go, because I always just drop in. This time, as…

I haven’t yet read Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. However, I am reading its parody, Sarah Knight’s The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don’t Have With People You Don’t Like Doing…