By Sandra Dee Owens Once upon a time, I was 52 years old. One morning, as I bent over to sock a raised foot, I noticed I was less steady than the day before. And just like that, I felt […]
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Friendly: A solo journey with friends
By Sandra Dee Owens At some point in my life, I decided to go solo. I did not get divorced, or leave my friends, family, or home. I simply started minding my own business. While raising our daughters in my […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Funologist
Empty the room: part 2, The Funologist’s guide to getting ‘unstuck’
By Sandra Dee Owens Have you ever felt overwhelmed, or lost clarity and confidence? I have. “Empty The Room” is my simple approach to removing mind (and room) clutter, to regain clarity and confidence. But, of course, simple—is not the […]
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Emptying the room
The Funologist’s guide to getting ‘unstuck’ By Sandra Dee Owens The smallest room My brain is approximately 6” long. A rather small space to keep organized it would seem, yet of all the rooms I own, this one is the […]
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The blessings of cold
By Sandra Dee Owens Have you ever noticed that young children are not judgemental about the weather? They simply go outside and play in whatever mother nature is dishing out that day. Sadly, our acceptance of weather narrows with age. […]
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Arctic shower; or, getting clean in the snow
By Sandra Dee Owens Living without running water for 8 years was the hardest part for me. In our early 20s my husband and I had bought a small piece of land with a burnt-down house on it. It was […]
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The garage years: part 5, counseling sessions 5-6
By Sandra Dee Owens Session 5 I have no memory of counseling session 5. Session 6 At the end of session 6, the last one my husband and I would attend, the counselor suggested we find a Plan B before […]
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The garage years: part 4 —Counseling session 4
By Sandra Dee Owens Editor’s note: This is the fourth part in a series of The Funologist’s stories called “The Garage Years.” This column is published the first edition of each month. For previous parts visit: mountaintimes.info/category/column/funologist. Part 5 of […]
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The garage years — Part 3: Counseling sessions 1-3
By Sandra Dee Owens When I had a nervous breakdown at 29, I called a local crisis line, and after talking me back from the edge I had fallen over, the on-call counselor suggested I come in and talk with […]
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The garage years — Part 2: Night crawler
How too much stress for too long can make you sick By Sandra Dee Owens Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of The Funologist’s story “The garage years.”Part 1 was printed in the July 7 issue of the Mountain Times. […]