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• Join Me on This Woman Writes
  on Jan 31, 2013 in humor
  My wonderful readers: I have changed my name from Middle Aged Plague to This Woman Writes. Please join me this week as I discuss “Performance Art” in Real Life.
• Honesty — It’s Still a Lonely Word
  on Jan 24, 2013 in Current Events Daily Life humor Middle Aged Plague actor art autograph Carolyn Henderson Christian craftiness current events deceit event fame family famous fortune home honesty illusion inspirational integrity life lifestyle marriage news positive poster public figure scheme showman Steve Henderson successful way of the world world
  Note: This post is simultaneously published at This Woman Writes, the new name and new location of Middle Aged Plague. Transition — it’s never easy. I just finished reading one of those inspirational stories that is supposed to energize m...
• If Pumpkins Were Money, I’d Be Rich
  on Jan 17, 2013 in humor Middle Aged Plague art artist blogging Carolyn Henderson culture current events daily life encouragement family food home life lifestyle middle age money news painting personal pumpkins relationships rich skills soup squash Steve Henderson This Woman Writes
  Before we get started, allow me to say that I’ve changed my name from Middle Aged Plague to This Woman Writes, where I will eventually be transferring my posts and writing. Please, if you are a regular reader, let’s not lose one another.
• Life’s — and Death’s — Lessons
  on Jan 10, 2013 in humor Middle Aged Plague art artist blogging Carolyn Henderson cemetery Christian culture current events Dad daily life death encouragement family great equalizer grief home humbled inspirational lessons life lifestyle memorial middle age news outside appearances pain painting personal random relationships rich Steve Henderson
  I visited my father the other day. Generally, these visits consist of my kneeling before a concrete slab, embedded in which is a plaque bearing Dad’s name and two salient dates. I tell him how much we miss him and how glad we are that he’...
• I’m a Believer — So Are You
  on Dec 19, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague 2013 A-list Angelina Jolie art artist belief believer Ben Affleck Bible blogging Carolyn Henderson celebrity Christianity culture current events daily life debt education Ellen Degeneres encouragement family federal flu shot gay marriage George Clooney health care holy book home I'm not a doctor life lifestyle magazine Matt Damon middle age New Year news newspaper opinions Oprah painting personal political politics protect children question relationships religion resolution small group state Steve Henderson teach a child to read terrorism Tina Fey truth unemployment
  We disagree with one another a lot these days, but I think I’ve found three sentences we can all say, “Yes, that’s true,” to: 1) We are all born. 2) We all die. 3) In between, we operate each of our lives based upon individual...
• Married — 30 Years — with Children
  on Dec 13, 2012 in Art Blogging Culture Current Events Daily Life family humor Life Lifestyle Middle Aged Plague anniversary art artist best friend blogging Carolyn Henderson children Christian culture current events daily life date edition encouragement friendship home interest free life lifestyle limited marriage middle age news Norwegian one man one woman painting parenting personal prints relationships signed Steve Henderson
  We started out young and dumb, and next week will find us middle aged and wiser. Tuesday the Norwegian Artist and I celebrate 30 years of marriage. One man, one woman, who decided to throw our lots in together and see where our combined energy, talen...
• The Socks from Hell
  on Dec 5, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague art artist blogging Carolyn Henderson clothing culture current events daily life encouragement family hand knit hobbies home knitting life lifestyle middle age news painting perfection personal signed limited edition prints socks Wal-Mart yarn
  I have conquered the Socks from Hell. It is not so much that I have subjugated these hand-knitted demons to their knees so much that I have brought them to my feet. Snugly, quietly, they embrace my very soles, and you would never guess how much angui...
• The Seasonal, Annual, Holiday, Snuffling Cold
  on Nov 28, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague Alice annual art artist baby alpaca Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton blogging books Carolyn Henderson Charles Schultz chill cold cough culture current events daily life draft e-book edition encouragement Ernest Maltravers family get well soon Gothic grammar health heroine holiday home It was a dark and stormy night Kindle knit knitting lace life lifestyle limited literature middle age mysteries news novel painting personal print random romance seasonal shawl sick signed Snoopy Steve Henderson Victorian
  I feel yucky. My nose is stuffed, I cough — twice — every 30 seconds, I can’t hear through the plugging of my ears, there’s a chill that has nothing to do with a draft, my lithesome form drapes lethargically over the sofa like...
• Black Friday — Shopping Can Be Fun, Really
  on Nov 19, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague art artisan artist black blogging books business buy Carolyn Henderson CDs Christian college current events daily life digital dollars DVD e-books edition electronics encouragement family Friday gift holiday home India Kindle life lifestyle limited middle age motherhood news organic painting paintings personal prints purchase relationships Rite Aid season shopping signed Steve Henderson teenagers Thanksgiving vote
  Any of you with teenagers know that you’re frequently unpopular with them for major issues like, say, breathing, and for awhile, our policy of not buying electronics, CDs, DVDs, or digital detritus really affected our poll numbers. “But i...
• Mr. Smith Stays out of Washington
  on Nov 15, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague art artist baking blogging bureaucracy Carolyn Henderson college culinary culture current events daily life education encouragement family financial aid food freedom grammar home honesty inspirational job leader leadership life lifestyle little guy Lord of the Rings men middle age motherhood Mr. Smith news painting personal political party politics position power public life random real people relationships school Steve Henderson university Washington youngest
  Tired-of-Being-Youngest is attending culinary school, which I assure you is just as delicious as it sounds. I can’t wait until spring quarter, when she studies Baking and Pastries, and am sure that I will work off all of her homework assignment...
• Writing, Blogging, and Speaking, Intelligently
  on Nov 8, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague Amazon blogging books business business writing Carolyn Henderson college composition computer culture current events daily life despair e-book education English family grammar he and I him and me home homeschooling intelligent IPad Ipod job Kindle life lifestyle news office personal random speaking technology work writing
  I have met people with PhD’s who say things like this: “Her and me went to the movies.” “This gift is for she and I.” While this may peg me as a language snob, I think twice before I listen to a surgeon who says, ̶...
• Three Simple Steps to Solving the World’s Problems
  on Oct 31, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague affordable art artist blogging book Carolyn Henderson Christian Christianity compassion culture current events daily life encouragement family holy home life lifestyle micah middle age news painting person personal president print problems random reasonable relationships religion rich simple solving steps Steve Henderson three world
  The beauty about solving the world’s problems is that you don’t have to be rich, famous, or running for president to do so — all these people propound, and often push through, their ideas, which ultimately don’t work any bette...
• Let Freedom Ring — Start with School Lunch
  on Oct 24, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague art artist ballot blogging cafeteria Carolyn Henderson children culture current events daily life election family First Lady food freedom home independent life lifestyle lunch lunchbox middle age motherhood news painting personal random school Steve Henderson USDA vote vote by mail
  Well, so the election is coming up, or sort of happening, the excitement of an actual election day long watered down by a two or three or four-week voting “process.” Somehow, it’s just not the same thing, sitting down at the dining...
• Awash with Squash
  on Oct 17, 2012 in Daily Life family food humor Lifestyle Middle Aged Plague recipe art artist blogging Carolyn Henderson cheap chicken current events daily life delicata garden harvest home knitting life lifestyle middle age Norwegian nutritious opportunity painting personal quinoa random soup squash starchy Steve Henderson winter squash
  It was a dark and stormy night. Amidst the raging wind, and while I sat cosily knitting on the couch, The Norwegian Artist and the Son and Heir brought in the last of the garden’s harvest. (Those of you who enjoy a comfortable, long-time relati...
• Recipe: Chicken and Quinoa Soup with Cubed Delicata Squash
  on Oct 17, 2012 in family food Lifestyle recipe blogging Carolyn Henderson chicken daily life delicata home middle aged middle aged plague news personal quinoa random soup squash
  Soup is fast, easy, cheap, nutritious, and flexible. If you don’t have some of the ingredients, don’t worry: use rice instead of quinoa; pumpkin in place of delicata squash; leftover chicken instead of a frozen chicken thigh. Vary your sp...
• The Jane Austen Cocktail Party Game
  on Oct 10, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague art artist blogging books Carolyn Henderson Charlotte Christmas cocktail culture current events daily life Diaphanous Elizabeth Bennett encouragement entertainment game goose Halloween holiday holiday parties home Jane Austen Lady Lady of the Lake Lady Susan life lifestyle middle age movie Mr. Bingley Mr. Collins Mr. Darcy Mrs. Bennett news newspaper Northanger Abbey painting party personal plot Pride and Prejudice relationships Sense and Sensibility social event Steve Henderson survival guide Wickham work
  Halloween is weeks away, and we all know what that means. Yep. Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat (by the way, have you, or anyone you know, ever actually eaten a goose?), and the round of cocktail parties will find you out every night, gi...
• “The Least of These” Are Great Indeed
  on Oct 3, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague afternoon Amazon art artist attention blogging bold books Carolyn Henderson children Christian chronically creator culture current events daily life developmentally disabled disabled e-book encouragement engine family fragile home homeless I think I can important innocence inspirational Jesus least of these life lifestyle little blue engine love magazine middle age motherhood news old paintings people personal poor provincial random relationships seaside Steve Henderson story the little engine that could time toddler toys train unemployed watty piper wisdom
  Wisdom comes  from the strangest places. I have just finished reading my latest novel, The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, which is admittedly a children’s book that the Toddler and I enjoyed before naptime, but there’s more sub...
• Snow Patrol: I Love You, but My Family Doesn’t
  on Sep 26, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague artist blogging Blue Ribbon car Carolyn Henderson CD culture current events daily life drive driving entertainment family home I love you life lifestyle love Magenta middle age motherhood Music news Norwegian painting personal Queen Anne's Lace random relationships Snow Patrol songs Steve Henderson travel vacation
  The atmosphere in the car crackled with hostility. (How is that for a cheesy, spy novel introduction?) I had just taken over the wheel, prepared to drive the mind-numbingly boring section. The Norwegian Artist, who, per our long understood agreement...
• “Quiet” and “Shy” Are Not the Same Word
  on Sep 17, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague art artist Beyonce blogging box store business Carolyn Henderson class culture current events daily life encouragement golden group home introvert job life lifestyle mesa mesa walk middle age news Norwegian office packages packing tape painting personal promenade quiet random relationships reserved rip same same word sea shipping shipping clerk shy Steve Henderson susan cain tape we rock word work
  At one time, like a lot of reserved people, I considered myself shy. The misconception is understandable, given that once a room fills with more than four unrelated people, I clam up like an oyster trapped inside a mussel shell, thanks to some pig-ta...
• The Single Most Significant Thing I Do
  on Sep 12, 2012 in humor Middle Aged Plague art artist asleep blogging blue Carolyn Henderson cheesecake children cobalt culture current events daily life encouragement family grandparenting home important life lifestyle Lord of the Rings money motherhood news Norwegian painting parenting pink powerful project random reading books relationships Runaway Bride schedule significant single stay at home steak Steve Henderson succeed success thing toddler Waiting work
  The other day was one of those in which nothing ever quite worked out the way it was supposed to, schedules were disrupted, the computer acted up, and everybody was hungry but no one had any inspiration, or time, to make dinner — you’ve s...

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