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Dear Lexis,
I’m having a hard time getting projects done. I have so many things I want to finish, but when the time comes to spend some time on any of them, I feel like I have to force …
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By Alexis Rae Baker
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4/19/21
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The great spring surge of growth is gathering momentum. Buds are opening, the grass is taller with every passing day, and every unpaved inch of earth – even the cracks in the pavement – …
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By Jill Severn
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4/16/21
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Hoe long does it take you to get ready to go somewhere these days?
For many, many, years, I envied the women who got up, dressed, washed their face, brushed their teeth, ran a comb (or their …
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By Kathleen Anderson
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4/14/21
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Dear Lexis,
I just had a really hard week. Everything seemed to go wrong. I swear, whatever could have happened, did and now I find myself feeling drained, upset, and hopeless. What would you …
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In the garden, failure is often the best teacher, but only if you have the patience to learn from it.
Last year, in the early months of the pandemic, people stripped the grocery store seed racks …
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By Jill Severn
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4/9/21
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Kathleen Anderson writes this column each week. Contact her at kathleen@theJOLTnews.com or post your comment below.
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By Kathleen Anderson
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4/7/21
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Dear Lexis,
I’ve been told I need to quarantine for two weeks, but it’s not even Day One yet and I’m already going stir crazy. Do you have any suggestions about what I should do …
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By Alexis Rae Baker
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4/5/21
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This is the moment: weed now or prepare for a breakdown of law and order in the garden.
If you don’t mind lawlessness and disorder, fine. But weeding early in the spring makes weeding chores …
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By Jill Severn
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4/2/21
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Entering the Age of Technology…
Well, after a whole year of isolation we have made it to phase 3 – and now life begins to return to semi-normal. Vaccinated …
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By Kathleen Anderson
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3/31/21
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Dear Lexis,
I understand the value behind examining beliefs and shifting those you don’t think serve you, but I’m lost on how exactly to implement changes. Re-determining beliefs is …
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In the late 80’s I was running a West Coast pilot program for the Area Agency on Aging, called the Home Maker Registry. The purpose of this program was to provide in-home non-medical …
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Dear Lexis,
I don’t get it.
You talk about the value of beliefs and how certain beliefs can serve you better than others, but what impact does that really have on your life? Why do …
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By Alexis Rae Baker
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3/22/21
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The Sage Connection
I had a birthday last week and as luck would have it, my daughter had the day off. She wanted to take me out to lunch and told me to pick the place.
After pursuing …
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Dear Lexis,
I seem to be suffering from chronic laziness lately. I’m not sure what the problem is, I know that I need to get several things done, but every time I think about it, I find …
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By Alexis Rae Baker
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3/15/21
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Is there anything or one more loyal than a dog? More independent that a cat? More beautiful than an aquarium filled with amazingly colored fish?
Seniors take their pets very seriously. We pamper, …
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By Kathleen Anderson
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3/10/21
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Dear Lexis,
I want to believe that everything is always working out for me, as you teach, but it just doesn’t seem to work. I feel like this belief is rooted in the belief that the universe …
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By Alexis Rae Baker
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3/8/21
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If I let my mind wander, (and I often do) it comes back with a plethora of strange and wonderful questions…for instance; who came up with the idea of mustard? How many mustard seeds does it …
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Dear Lexis,
I’ve been struggling with my temper lately. I find myself more and more on edge and I don’t understand why.
I’ve had a lot of requests from friends for help, …
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By Alexis Rae Baker
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3/1/21
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The younger set has an abbreviation for it – BFFs.
The younger set has an abbreviation for almost everything these days.
We old-timers prefer whole words and sentences. We have used them …
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By Kathleen Anderson
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2/24/21
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Dear Lexis,
I recently lost my job and I find myself feeling overwhelmed by uncertainty. I used to feel like things were going to work out and that my life was on track, but I don’t know …
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By Alexis Rae Baker
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2/22/21
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