Monthly Archives: January 2010

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  The state of love and trust.

  Posted on January 29, 2010 by Kat French in real life

  Next week, I’m going to start a new feature: Fiction Fridays. I’ll be posting a short fiction piece for your reading enjoyment. Or not, if you don’t find it particularly enjoyable. But I’m going to enjoy writing them, and it’s my blog, so that’s the really important thing, right?

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  Back on This Side of the Looking Glass

  Posted on January 28, 2010 by Kat French in managing attention, story & craft

  I’ve felt like I’m living as an alternate reality version of myself. I’ve had this idea of myself as a flaky, creative, unfocused person. I spent most of last year being a high-strung, Type-A person. Neither one really fits. So I have to find a new alternate reality.

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  Birds, Bees, Bibles and 12 Year Old Boys

  Posted on January 27, 2010 by Kat French in real life

  My son is moving into that phase where he’s going to be making more serious choices. I worry I haven’t done enough to give him what he needs to fashion a reasonably mature adult out of himself. Because quite frankly? It’s been way too recently that I figured out how to do that myself.

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  Refilling station.

  Posted on January 26, 2010 by Kat French in managing attention

  The big lesson I gained from 2009? That my life has a capacity. It has finite volume. Only so many things will fit. I know this, because I hit my capacity last year. I may in fact have exceeded my life’s safe capacity last year.

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  What’s your crane technique?

  Posted on January 21, 2010 by Kat French in managing attention

  Doing the simple things consistently over time will take you far. If you’re happy making a good showing, just doing the simple things with consistency will get you there. But if you need to win it all… you need something special.

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  Proud to be an S.O.B.

  Posted on January 20, 2010 by Kat French in real life, relationships

  Imagine my surprise today, when I checked to see if anyone new was linking to my ramblings here, to discover that Liz Strauss has declared me a successful and outstanding blogger.

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