Ponto Final
He is holding my hand, my son, now 32, balder than he was when he was born. We’ve gone to Ponto Final, a restaurant on …
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Why I Can’t Hate People Just Because They Love Trump
On the night of the second presidential debate in early October 2016, our neighbor was mowing our acreage in rural North Carolina as he’s done …
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78 Things You’re Gonna Need When Disaster Strikes
On August 10, my hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was devastated by a hurricane-like storm called a “derecho.” Most everyone lost power and trees–beautiful, big, …
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Iowa, I Got You
I can’t stop looking, watching, reading. I move from Facebook to Instagram. Everyone I know in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and surrounding communities is dealing with …
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About Annie Scholl
Annie Scholl is a writer, photographer and speaker who is passionate about living fully awake. Her desire is to help people discern what it means …
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Live Your Dash – Like Karen
This dear one left the planet today – on Summer Solstice, a day she loved. Karen, you will be so missed AND I know you …
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2019: The year of living differently
On Oct. 1, my father died. He’d had a minor heart attack and by the time I got to the hospital, he was sitting up in a chair. His skin glowed. He was alert and talkative. He told me he couldn’t wait to get out of there the next day — because they were telling him he just might get out of there the next day — so he could “tip a beer.”
But just before 5 the next morning, his nearly 87-year-old heart stopped. The medical crew tried to revive him, but except for a momentary flicker of a heartbeat, that was that.
My pops had left the planet.
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Passing the Baton
On Saturday, March 24th, my 26-year-old daughter and I were among the hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., for …
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So Much More than Sour Grapes
Election night, my wife and I went out to eat at a Thai and sushi restaurant about 10 miles from our home in rural Central …
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Old and irrelevant: Embracing negative thoughts and letting them go
[This column was first published in Radish Magazine, July 5, 2017.] I’m getting old. I know it by the calendar — I turned 54 in …
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I’m a Woman Who Loves a Woman, but Don’t Call Me a Lesbian
Originally published in Huff Post Gay Voices 12/05/2013 I’m a writer, a mother, a grandmother, and a woman in love with a woman. But don’t …
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Abigail Thomas on Why She Hopes This Is Her Last Memoir
Originally published in HuffPost Books 3/17/15 Brief Interviews is a series in which writers discuss language, literature, and a handful of Proustian personality questions. Abigail …
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Magical Times
They’re both Leos, born in the heat of early August. My son, Keegan, almost 28. My grandson, Owen, “mostly” 6, as he likes to say. …
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Maria Bello’s Whatever… Love Is Love Lives in the Question
Originally published on HuffPost Books 04/27/15 By Annie L. Scholl She kept them under her bed — a hundred or more journals she had filled …
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Maran’s Hilarious Memoir Gives Hope for “Late-Life Reinvention”
[This blog first published on Huffington Post, March 14, 2017.] It’s rare that I start off an author interview with “I f***ing love your book!” …
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‘Incredibly Persistent’ Keener Celebrates Newest Novel’s Launch
[This blog first published on Huffington Post, November 13, 2017.] When it comes to books, I lean toward nonfiction—specifically memoir. But there was something about …
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Father’s Death Sparks First Book for Mira y Lopez
[This blog first published on Huffington Post, Dec. 21, 2017.] I adore author Abigail Thomas—as a writer, teacher and as a human being. So when she …
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Lessons in a Sunflower
My friend Delise would have been 54 today. But complications of something called Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) took her away when she was just …
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Trump Can’t Get the Best of Us
I’m worried. I’m worried about this friend and that friend — the ones who care so deeply, who are so very angry right now. Who …
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Getting Over Myself
There I am, among photographs of a dinner table waiting for guests; a peahen, her pale white crest every bit as captivating as her cobalt …
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The Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Yesterday didn’t start out well. Owen, my 3-year-old grandson, was parked in front of the TV because his mama didn’t feel well and his Nana …
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Wishing for One More Mother’s Day
I’m at a retreat center. I arrived Thursday afternoon and until about 7 Friday night, I had the place nearly to myself. I came for …
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