It’s Time
Posted: April 22, 2017 by Tamara Puffer
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I’m finally ready. It’s taken a little less than 20 years but it is time. I’m going to sell my violin and my viola. I can’t play them so they are stored in my bedroom closet gathering dust. Taking them out of the cases for this picture was painful. The smell of the instruments brought […]
Read more...How Hard to Push?
Posted: April 14, 2017 by Tamara Puffer
Since I can only work on my book in spurts, I’ve been trying to find some way to fill the rest of my time. I’m working to improve my swimming but that’s not enough so I decided to learn Spanish. I’ve been using Rosetta Stone’s Spanish tapes and other resources. Yesterday, I was sitting on […]
Read more...Come Healing
Posted: November 27, 2016 by Tamara Puffer
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Two and a half weeks after the election, I’m finally getting over my shock. I’ve read many reasons why Trump won: Voter turnout was low; Liberals did not listen to the hurting conservatives; Democrats were frustrated and didn’t vote; and on and on. The Sunday following this disastrous day, Ken Sehested preached just the sermon […]
Read more...Writing Space
Posted: October 1, 2016 by Tamara Puffer
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This is a picture of our desk in our office. I say “our” because Michael and I share the same office. Most of the stuff you see on the desk is mine however. We have piles everywhere in the rest of the room and you can’t see the computer monitor.I’ve been trying to write here. Here is […]
Read more...9.11
Posted: September 11, 2016 by Tamara Puffer
I have always hated our country dwelling on what happened on September 11, 2001. People are killed in much greater numbers every day -often by American’s own hands across the world – yet we Americans focus on the 2,996 Americans who died on that day. I was scheduled to preach at Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in […]
Read more...Riding the Wave
Posted: August 30, 2016 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: cognitive overload;, cognitive overload; mental fatigue, cognitive overload; overstimulation, mental fatigue, overstimulation
I love being in the water. Michael and I are planning a trip to the beach in the fall when the hotel rates are cheaper and we can bring Sparky. When I was in rehab for my brain injury in 1996, the recreation therapist took a couple of us to the Y to swim. Michael […]
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