The Road Not Chosen

Time For a Change

Lori — 2011-07-24T11:47:48-05:00

I’ve been avoiding you, my faithful blog. It’s not your fault. You’ve been with me since February, 2005, through good times, bad times, boring times, and hilarious times. I couldn’t have asked for a better outlet for my thoughts and opinions. But things change, people change. I’ve changed. There are new adventures to be had, huge transitions coming down the road. My life assignment for the last 20 years is rapidly coming to a close. How do I say this without hurting you, my friend? I am moving....

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Next Up

Lori — 2011-07-16T20:45:57-05:00

I'm thinking about ditching my blog of 7 years and starting fresh. Road Not Chosen never really recovered from my long absence during my son Evan's "Year of Horrible Surgeries". Perhaps I never recovered. Maybe that blog will always be tied in my mind to those events. I do know that it isn't fitting me anymore. Will I keep my url? I think I'll ditch it and try to come up with something new and exciting. After all my big move back to Cali after a 20 year absence is rapidly approaching. I feel...

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Lazy Summer Days

Lori — 2011-06-15T10:00:07-05:00

I love summer. Really. I loooove summer with its slower pace, longer evenings, green trees & tall glasses of sweet tea with lemon. I just read a post on summer written by my friend Serenity at Serenity Now about how happy she is to have her kids home with her. That reminded me (of course) about my summer days. When I was a kid in the 60s my summer was very different than my friends. Both of my parents worked full time so my days were overseen by the most wonderful sitter named Betty Bearss. She...

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Creatives On The Loose

Lori — 2011-05-25T12:47:35-05:00

My great friend, Dan White*, who has more creativity in his left tooth than I can ever dream of having, has been stirring up a wonderful pot of creative stew. First he challenged our musical friends to write 5 songs in 5 days. He called it 5-in-5 and you can check out the wonderful results here. I was in awe of these people who diligently made songs each day. There are funny songs, romantic songs, songs about loss and about rejoicing. It was wonderful to check in that week to see what new music...

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Are You a Revisionist?

Lori — 2011-05-18T10:20:08-05:00

Have you heard about “revisionist history”? It has been quite the topic of discussion in educational & historical circles for the last decade or so. The term means, in a nutshell, that we “revise” true history to give it the slant that we want in today’s era. An example would be taking a historical event and cleaning it up to be politically correct. This is seen in a lot of the current crop of history & scientific textbooks from grade school through college. As a teacher and a writer I am...

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