Category Archives: Thoughts on Life

How Do You Ring in a New Year?

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Barbara McDowell

Pastel New Year 2 via Billy Alexander stock.xchng.com My mother always says the way you ring out the old year is how you’ll spend the new. When I was younger, there was no sense of relevance to her words.  New … Continue reading →

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On Making It Matter

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Barbara McDowell

It isn’t lost on me that my last post before taking a hiatus was a reflection on the shooting in Aurora, Colorado.  In that post, I’d asked: What will change now? With each attack, each swing of mass violence, we … Continue reading →

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