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Through My Eyes Only; Asperger’s in the First Person

“Having Asperger’s is like writing in the First Person-I only see what I can see through my own eyes, and I have no knowledge what is in other people’s heads.” ~ Aspie Writer I am told that writing from the first person point of view (POV) is challenging-that many writers …

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How do you handle the dentist? Dental Assault—the Two Hour Filling

A couple of weeks ago I made a trip to the dentist. I hate the dentist. I have notoriously bad teeth and always have. When I was a child the Fort Wayne Dentist always said I had soft teeth with weak enamel. A friend of mine goes to a dentist …

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I am not ignoring you; I don’t recognize you

This week I am working on writing a feature article on Face-Blindness for a writing class that I am currently taking this semester.  Our assignment was to first pick our topic, which I have, and before writing research pictures to enhance our article. Easy peasy. The Unexpected – What I …

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Moving Madness: Part III—so what happened?

The conclusion -sort of How did she work without all our modern appliances? After our horrid night of moving hotels at 2 a.m., we returned to the smoking townhouse. Two electricians, and a progress energy crew later, we learned that progress energy screwed up badly! When the technician installed the …

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Moving Madness: Part II – Let there be Light!—and Sparks, and Smoke! And Damn Super Senses!

Part Two-for those of you following along… About 8:30 p.m. we pull into our designated parking spot in front of our townhouse excited to find see the house lit up-until I saw the smoke. The AC unit in front of the house was smoking! I thought we’d need to call …

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Moving Madness: Part I – Nothing is Ever Easy; Rage; Meltdown; Shutdown

I mentioned in my Stupid Wizard post in August that I wanted to move, and am happy to announce that we finally did after looking at many, many houses. We were actually close to buying some Davenport Real Estate! But we decided against it as it was just too far …

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