what's in this email: Things I am doing to slow down (during a busiest time of my life) (The Slow Down Challenge) and other unrelated but always related stuff ••• go so slow the dog doesn't think you're leaving What is the speed of good? the details that bore our other people Going to an airport solo used to be what made me feel bad ass, now going to a live auction by myself does. how I fit 6 pallets of pumpkins on the trailer I did not bring Friday October 9, 2026 9:06 AM Greetings Thinkers,...
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what's in this email: Things I am doing to slow down (during a busiest time of my life) (The Slow Down Challenge) and other unrelated but always related stuff Thursday October 8, 2026 7:40 AM Greetings Thinkers, In a rush to get out the door and to the plant auction which starts at 9, 1.5 hours away. Going for pumpkins and fall-y things. This trip is something between a window shop for the big trip that will be next week on Tuesday and a - maybe I'll just a get a few things, kind of trip,...
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what's in this email: Things I am doing to slow down (during a busiest time of my life) (The Slow Down Challenge) and other unrelated but always related stuff Wednesday October 7, 2026 9:33 AM Greetings Thinkers, You can sleep when you're dead. You can also sleep on Wednesday. But you can't sleep much for the next 9 days. 9 days to Lucketts Fall Market. I'm feeling that. I suppose most of you don't really know what that means, when I say this market is a big deal. I didn't know what it meant...
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what's in this email: Things I am doing to slow down (during a busiest time of my life) (The Slow Down Challenge) and other unrelated but always related stuff I haven't gotten an - "I had a dream about you" note in awhile Time is money.Only if you intended to sell it. Tuesday October 6, 2026 10:13 AM Greetings Thinkers, Morning from the pineapple print chair. The chill is on. It's time to get the heaters out. The broke stove isn't going to take the edge off anymore. 10 days to Lucketts Fall...
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what's in this email: Things I am doing to slow down (during a busiest time of my life) (The Slow Down Challenge) and other unrelated but always related stuff A busy person will always be very busy can you change, control, or manage WHAT you dream or WHAT you desire? let the kettle take how long it takes Monday October 5, 2026 9:44 AM Greetings Thinkers, From the Creative Corner because the battery on the laptop is low enough I need to be plugged in and I don't get that kind of reach from the...
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what's in this email: Things I am doing to slow down (during a busiest time of my life) (The Slow Down Challenge) and other unrelated but always related stuff Sunday October 4, 2026 8:09 AM Greetings Thinkers, Sunday. End of week and end of weekend for the people who start their weeks on Mondays. Yesterday was not slow. Yesterday was very busy. There were no breaks. There was no sitting down. There was no lunch. Lucketts counter days are often busy like that, but this day felt extra. From...
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what's in this email: Things I am doing to slow down (during a busiest time of my life) (The Slow Down Challenge) and other unrelated but always related stuff hugging old friends scratching old bites letting some things not get old Saturday October 3, 2026 7:30 AM Greetings Thinkers, A Lucketts Counter day, the only 9-5 type thing in my life right now. A couple days a month. Weekend. Forecast includes rain. Usually that's not great for my sells. A good friend of mine is going yardsaling...
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what's in this email: Things I am doing to slow down (during a busiest time of my life) (The Slow Down Challenge) and other unrelated but always related stuff Friday October 2, 2026 1 PM Greetings Thinkers, Here in the afternoon because I had out things this morning. Back now doing this before some more out things. What to think about today? And how is it altered by not being what I was thinking about this morning? If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a...
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what's in this email: Things I am doing to slow down (during a busiest time of my life) (The Slow Down Challenge) and other unrelated but always related stuff Thursday October 1, 2026 9:19 AM Greetings Thinkers, The last day of September became the first day of October. Now, here we are. Here we are, here we are, here we are. somewhere in October I know a song called - Somewhere in October. It's a lovely song. I'm going to put in on now. If you'd like to too, here you go. I don't have a clear...
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