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Karen Burns

How I've survived violent crap. And dancing

Month: November 2010

Press Next Before You Start

Posted on November 23, 2010 By karensburns

Pointing to the touch screen in front of me, the pharmacist said “You have to press next before you start.” Really? Next is before the beginning? This is what we have come to. Not – “Live in the moment.” “Seize the day.” But rather, “ignore the moment, because it has…

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A Moment to Rain Dance

Posted on November 5, 2010 By karensburns

How often do we take a moment to play? Not often enough, I think. //www.youtube.com/get_player

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The Science of Laundry

Posted on November 4, 2010 By karensburns

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart. Jerome K. Jerome Laundry multiplies like rabbits when left alone. It can debilitatingly overwhelm and mesmerize even…

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One Lovely Blog Award

Posted on November 3, 2010 By karensburns

One-lovely-blog-award Look what I got from http://unmotherlyinsights.com/ by way of: http://sometimesmeaningfulramblings.wordpress.com/ and I am more than happy to “pay it forward.” Here are my recipients in “forward-ness.” My adored DeeDee and http://www.fiddledeedee.net/ Bring the Rain     http://audreycaroline.blogspot.com/    Modern Mommy Moments http://modernmommymoments.blogspot.com/ And right back at my newly adored Debra: http://unmotherlyinsights.com/ …

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Karen Burns

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I live in a suburb next to an enormous Intel plant in a desert where I don't belong. My neighbors are techies, blue-collar football fanatics, gamblers, bankers, parents, sky-divers, nurses, pilots. I'm a dance, music and acting teacher, performer still, mother and wife hoping to be kind in this corner of my non-indigenous environment. I actually like living here. Most of the time.

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