Monthly Archives: January 2013

More progress ..

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

.. I lost 1/4 lb this week in spite of my food being fairly decent (for me). I exercised five days out of seven. I also submitted Geek Games, the second Aleyne novel, and will submit the third one, Broken … Continue reading →

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Progress report

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

I managed to meet and exceed my walking goal, walking six days out of seven. Nothing prevented me from getting down to the gym at work on Thursday, the day I missed. I simply didn’t get my butt out of … Continue reading →

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Bad metaphors, cliches, and weight loss

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

After Karina Fabian posted the link on Facebook, I read this article on bad metaphors. Thus inspired, I dug out some of my old poems. On bad metaphors — bad  metaphors and cliches have no place in a poem. Not, … Continue reading →

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Write to Lose

Posted on January 12, 2013 by

Karina Fabian has organize twelve of us who are committed to losing weight and blogging about it. We’re committed to six weeks to start with and to sharing our progress. I’ll be blogging about this once a week, and I … Continue reading →

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A Dog Tale

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

A Silly Story I got this idea from Maggie Lyons’ blog: http://maggie-lyons.blogspot.com/2012/11/ive-invented-new-exercise-to-help-with.html which, by the way, I highly recommend. I wrote the first sentence and now I’m gonna run with it: Klaus, the Australian Shepherd, hung out in the kitchen, … Continue reading →

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