Category Archives: I’ve Got Moxie

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I’ve Got Moxie #16: 7 Lessons from ‘Lark Rise to Candleford’

[Spoiler alert! This post will have spoilers from the show.] Rory and I recently finished watching the BBC series Lark Rise to Candleford. It had been on my "to watch" list for years, but I waited to suggest it to Rory until we were in need of another good series to watch. I don't know how I keep getting him to agree to watch British corset dramas, but I just hope my luck there holds.
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I’ve Got Moxie #15: Tidying Up

Over the past couple of years, there has been a big fuss about Marie Kondo's book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. People seem to be so taken with the thing. Does it contain the magic formula to getting and keeping my house tidy?
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I’ve Got Moxie #14: An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments on sale for 99¢!

In this election year, it's as important as ever to be able to think critically about what you read online, see on television, or hear on the radio. Brush up on your knowledge of logical fallacies by getting Ali Almossawi's An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments book for only 99¢ through July 18!
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I’ve Got Moxie #13: On Being Painfully Shy

When I was a kid, I was painfully shy. I'm still shy, but I'm mature enough to suck it up when I have to, and talk to people. But when I was a kid, it was a different story.
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I’ve Got Moxie #10: Macro Photography

My macro lens is my favorite lens. Whether far away or close up, subjects look fantastic. It's easy to take a good picture with a macro lens.
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I’ve Got Moxie #9: Mid-Life Redirection

This post isn't so much about me, as most of my Moxie posts are. It's about people in general. All of you folks out there. This is my encouragement to you today.
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I’ve Got Moxie #5: Sketches From the Ether #1

I'll be sharing my sketches with you on occasion in this irregular series, Sketches From the Ether. So far it's just pencil drawings in my sketchbook. We'll see where it takes me.
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I’ve Got Moxie #3: My Books and Self-Publishing

I've got two books published currently. For one of them, my co-authors and I went the traditional route with traditional publishing. For the other, I self-published. Why? Because that book I wrote for myself, just for fun.
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I’ve Got Moxie #2: Learning German

I took Spanish in school. It made the most sense, since I had already had some Spanish in elementary school, and I had a couple of Spanish-speaking people in my family. I'm glad to have learned what Spanish I did, and living here in Arizona, it really does come in handy. But I always kind of wished I'd learned some German.
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I’ve Got Moxie #1: Yoga

I've had a love hate relationship with yoga for a decade or two. I mostly love it, and, once I've been at it a while, I'm pretty good at it. But I have a few problems.