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Leta Blake

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author, human, working hard to become stellar at life

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Leta Blake
@leta-blake Jan 17, 2018, 8:05 PM UTC

American Candy - Taste Test Experiment Part 2 - Brach*s Fruit Cake Nougats

Sometimes you just have to answer the question of HOW DISGUSTING IS IT REALLY? I felt that way about a new Christmas candy I saw in the store a few weeks ago. So I decided to find out. This is PART T…

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Leta Blake
@leta-blake Jan 17, 2018, 7:53 PM UTC

American Candy - Taste Test Experiment Part 1 - Brach*s Fruit Cake Nougats

So a few weeks ago, I saw this really gross looking candy on sale in our local drug store. I knew at the time it was bound to be disgusting, but couldn't stop thinking about the all-important questio…

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Leta Blake
@leta-blake Jan 6, 2018, 9:16 PM UTC

Leta Blake's Top Reads of 2017

In January always like to blog about my favorite books of the year. Because I do a lot of editing and beta reading, I recognize that can cause bias, so my only rules for this annual post are: 1) I re…

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Leta Blake
@leta-blake Jan 6, 2018, 9:10 PM UTC

Taking Stock of My Year: 2017 Accomplishments & 2018 Goals

Once again it’s time to take stock of what I’ve accomplished in the last year and what I’d like to do in the next one. As I said last year, I live in a perpetual state of feeling like I’ve never acco…

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Leta Blake
@leta-blake Aug 18, 2017, 11:30 AM UTC

The 24-Hour News Cycle's Effect on the World's Mental Health, aka It's Made Us Sick(er)

Photo labeled for reuse online. There's a half dozen or more PhD degrees to be found in the title of this post. If anyone out there is looking for a psych/communications PhD angle, please feel free t…

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Leta Blake
@leta-blake Aug 15, 2017, 5:41 PM UTC

Art from Aging - Me at 15 and 43

When I was fifteen years old, my then-boyfriend, now-husband ( @brianreecegreen ) took a photo of me and then rendered into a pencil drawing. We still have that piece hanging in our living room. The…

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Leta Blake
@leta-blake Aug 13, 2017, 10:59 PM UTC

New Growth in Rocky Soil - My Husband's Inspiring Life Change at 45

My husband turned 45 this past May. In February, before that significant birthday, he discovered that he had one year left in his very long-held retail management position due to companywide re-organ…

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Leta Blake
@leta-blake Aug 8, 2017, 3:20 PM UTC

Too Much to Say

Photo credit: @brianreecegreen Art credit: um, I don't know? This statue was in the Met in NYC and that's all I've got on it. We took the picture because when we first glanced at her, we thought she…

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Leta Blake
@leta-blake Aug 3, 2017, 1:19 PM UTC

Changing Stories Midway Through Life

As an author I think the words we use and the stories we tell play a huge role in how our lives play out. Especially when those stories are about ourselves. There's a story I stopped telling about my…

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Leta Blake
@leta-blake Jul 31, 2017, 2:36 PM UTC

Color Challenge - Monday Red - Roses Are Red, This Chair Is For You

Photo credit: me Location: Farragut, TN Camera: iPhone 6 On either side of our front door we have some very neglected climbing rose buses. Despite how poorly we care for them and how bug riddled they…

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