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Toby Neal
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Toby puts on retreats known for their depth, intimacy and powerful motivating qualities. She brings in top-notch speakers on a number of topics from craft to marketing, and plenty of time is given to writing and networking.
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Five ways to celebrate holidays when you're in grief
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Creating new traditions
Creating new traditions is something we can do at any time, but it happens of necessity when something major changes in life: a death, a divorce, a big move, a job change, a new marriage, the birth of a child. This year, I have gone through five of the six (and not...

Happiness is an inside job
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RV lessons
Lessons continue in our RV adventure. Every time we take out our tiny house on wheels, something new is learned. ‘Always check the weather and plan accordingly’ was the next slap upside the head. Eight years ago, when our daughter was in college at...

On Vikings and marijuana baked goods
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On the road again
On the road again! We’re traveling in a whole new way now that we’ve relocated (temporarily) to California. I’ve long had a thirst for the road. I’m not sure if it’s a culmination of my very early life with my parents, living in a van in the sixties and seventies, or...

We aren't in #Hawaii any more.
Well, Toto, we aren’t in Hawaii anymore. At least for now. What is this heresy? I know, I know…those of you who follow my blog may have noticed I fell off the map after daily blogging about our epic vacation in British Columbia back in September. Well,...
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