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hooleydd
Jul 16, 20193 min read
A lesson from my husband . . .
What’s so great about mindfulness? It seems like almost every day I see an article online or in my news feed that has something to do...
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hooleydd
Jul 9, 20192 min read
Rape in a Religious Community
My first thought was how could this happen? This was a respected religious community. My second thought was why didn’t the women go to...
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hooleydd
Jul 2, 20192 min read
Buying Fireworks at the Reservation
We drove through the Duck Valley Indian Reservation on the Idaho-Nevada border this past week, and I thought about the many times my...
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hooleydd
Jun 25, 20192 min read
Becoming a Hindu
We might know our height and weight, even our blood cholesterol levels, but do we know our life stage? Or do we even care? In my late...
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hooleydd
Jun 18, 20192 min read
Country music is great for everyone, even dogs . . .
It’s good to remember in times like these that life will go on after this viral pandemic is through. It might be a different life, but...
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hooleydd
Jun 11, 20193 min read
Feeling the Affects of Chernobyl in Idaho
Watching HBO’s miniseries about the nuclear reactor accident at Chernobyl, Ukraine, I thought of my grandmother Verna. She died of...
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hooleydd
Jun 4, 20192 min read
In the hospital . . .
Jack, a tall, slim nurse, probably close to thirty, tapped the veins in my mother’s arm looking for a good one to attach an IV. Though...
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hooleydd
May 28, 20192 min read
Hope is the Thing With Feathers
To those of you who ask why raise chickens, I say why not? Especially during the age of coronavirus, companion animals can be an...
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hooleydd
May 21, 20192 min read
Hanging on to Democracy
“Could it be a meteor? Maybe a little chunk of meteor rock fell from the sky into my back window,” I suggested. He looked at me...
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hooleydd
May 14, 20193 min read
The Veteran’s Cemetery
I’ve always found cemeteries interesting. The first time I went to Europe I lost my passport wandering in a cemetery outside Exincourt, a...
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hooleydd
May 7, 20193 min read
Out of the Suburbs and Into the Desert
I grew up in a little box of a house in an Indiana suburb. There were houses on either side of us and one across the street. As far as...
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hooleydd
Apr 23, 20193 min read
Splendor in the Grass
“Hey!” I holler across to them. “Don’t you guys know you can only go barefoot on months that don’t have the letter “R” in their name? ...
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hooleydd
Apr 16, 20192 min read
The Baptists and Abortion
So, the Baptists, in general, were cautiously supportive of a woman’s right to abortion. As a former Baptist, I find this fascinating. I...
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hooleydd
Apr 10, 20193 min read
Snake River Canyon
I remember the first time I really looked at the canyon and noticed it’s beauty. I was newly married and had just moved to a desert farm...
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hooleydd
Apr 2, 20192 min read
I Am Not a Dog Lover
How does anyone like dogs? They eat their own poo (well, some do) and like to roll around in dead fish or worse, my flower beds. They...
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hooleydd
Mar 19, 20192 min read
To Fly or Not to Fly
Nervous flyers might be hesitant to fly after hearing about the Max 737 crashes. I get it. I’m not a fan of flying either. I’ve fought...
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hooleydd
Feb 26, 20193 min read
Surviving Donner Pass
“Mom, do you know anything about putting chains on tires?” She looked at me horrified—and I shrugged. It was an old habit, asking mom for...
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hooleydd
Feb 19, 20192 min read
A True Idahoan
If an Idahoan ran for president, would it be apparent he’s from Idaho? How would an Idahoan be viewed in the political spotlight? George...
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hooleydd
Feb 11, 20192 min read
Freedom is Coming
But I’ve had other songs stuck in my head before. For a few years, at odd moments, like when I was boiling eggs or sorting through my...
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hooleydd
Jan 31, 20193 min read
Drinking, Stealing, and Lying–Oh My!
In my dream what made me feel most guilty was not that I’d stolen a can of beer, but the lie I told after that. I tried to explain away...
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