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Stuff

We talk a lot about impossible things here. About turning thoughts into action and going after the things you really want.
Well, I’m just going to say it, as much as the act of accomplishing goals is a reward in itself, so’s the stuff. Right?
And more importantly, as we also often say here, tangible things [...]

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Clownin’ Around

Today’s Show-N-Tell post is by @CTK1, who I met recently after her fantastically whimsical post about posting on blogs, featured on Roger Hjulstrom’s (@booksbelow) site. You have to read it. Today, she is showing and telling about her friend Stinky and asking us some questions about how we define ‘growing up.’ 

 
 
Do you like clowns? I do. [...]

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This Is My “Looking Glass”

This is only a “thing,” you might say. Comprised of glass, dials, metal and buttons. Yet there are things that serve in some ways as an extension of our unique selves, limb-like and as natural as our own carbon makeup.  What I have noticed is that when you have them, you lose track of time, [...]

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A Seven-Year-Old Letter to Myself

In 2002  I wrote a little letter to myself, sealed it and mailed it from Vatican City. The letter has been kept safe in my old wicker keepsake suitcase for seven years. Today, in honor of Show-N-Tell on Looking Glass Lane I’m going to open it. What is inside I’m a little nervous to find [...]

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This Is My Sign

 
This is My Sign.
As Zen Mommy, dubbed Terra Firma Esoteric by Leigh and the other Looking Glass girls, I thought this, my first show-n-tell would be on something that gives me peace.
This show actually also has a bit of truth-or-dare in it as well! The truth is, what gives me peace, what I brought with me to the Clubhouse to show you… [...]

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This Is My Ball

As resident tomboy, Sporty Spice in the Clubhouse, I thought my first show-n-tell should be about what gives me game. 
My generation of athletes, the two-mile runners to Olympians, embraced a mantra and made it a way of living.  Sports marketing upended when Nike launched an advertising campaign comprised of three little words.  I remember slugging [...]

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This is My Bike

by Jen
I like it. I have a lot of bikes. But this one is special for so many reasons. And it makes me think of what makes something, or someone, special. This bike has covered so much ground with me. 
I bought it for $20 when I lived in the basement of (and ran) this inn:
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