Christine Shuck
The Conversations Left Unsaid
It hits Sometimes And I, I am disarmed Unworded, if you will The conversations that are impossible That I cannot utter That I do not say...
Christine Shuck - Author, Artist, and General Malcontent
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Christine Shuck
- Nov 7
- 6 min
What If...
The Almighty Plan Plans change. Always. And so it is with writing. I come up with a plan. It works or it doesn't, I learn from it, and...
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Christine Shuck
- Oct 27
- 7 min
Zooming to a Finish?
First Draft - DONE! Well, I would not say I zoomed to a finish, but I definitely completed the manuscript. I can't remember which author...
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Christine Shuck
- Oct 10
- 6 min
Finishing Energy
Last week, I needed the distraction of working on my current work in progress. The days were ticking down to THE DAY, and if I thought...
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Christine Shuck
- Oct 2
- 5 min
Speaking Up...
Speaking up isn't easy. It takes courage... I hit the Unfriend button the other day on Facebook. The woman won't miss me. I'm pretty sure...
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Christine Shuck
- Sep 13
- 5 min
The Roller Coaster Goes UP, the Roller Coaster Goes DOWN
Call it a sign. Or a lesson learned. Or just...the roller coaster of life. There will be no refinancing, or cash in hand to perform...
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Christine Shuck
- Sep 7
- 5 min
We Repeat What We Know
Since my teen was eight or nine, they have received a monthly allowance. We always called it profit sharing. Semantics aside, it was a...
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Christine Shuck
- Sep 2
- 7 min
For the Love of... Pool?
I learned to play the game of pool when I was around ten years old. My stepdad bought an antique slate table that weighed so much it took...
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Christine Shuck
- Aug 27
- 3 min
Perceptions vs. Reality
I woke up this morning with a memory that harks back to the Christmas of 1995 or 1996. I was visiting Missouri with my eldest child for...
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Christine Shuck
- Aug 19
- 6 min
Lessons Learned
No Money Upfront Life is full of lessons. We learn them every day. Even, it seems, in my 50s. The lesson for today? No cash advances for...
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Christine Shuck
- Jul 29
- 5 min
Plague Monkeys
Cough, hack, cough. Damned plague monkeys. Also known as CHILDREN. The itty bitty one, now almost 11 months, brought home some kind of...
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Christine Shuck
- Jul 15
- 9 min
Stay Cool, Baby, It's HOT Out There!
We are definitely in the dog days of summer here in Missouri. For some reason, I'm not sure why, this has actually been the easiest...
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Christine Shuck
- Jul 3
- 5 min
Adoption... and Other A Words...
After 4+ years of roller coaster ups and downs, we finally adopted our 6 1/2 year old, Angela, on Friday. There wasn't much fanfare. It...
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Christine Shuck
- Jun 21
- 7 min
If You Give An Author a Book to Read
Heck, I'm on a book buying spree these days! I've bought about half a dozen Kindle books, and I just purchased two native landscaping and...
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Christine Shuck
- Jun 14
- 3 min
Deals, Gardens, and More
Deals on ALL of My Books You read one of my books and fell in love. You must read more. All of them - twelve in total. And honestly, who...
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Christine Shuck
- Jun 7
- 6 min
End of One Thing, Beginning of Another
Endings. Beginnings. We have it all here. I was sitting on the beach in Santa Cruz. It was Friday, the 27th of May and we were nearing...
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Christine Shuck
- May 15
- 4 min
Annual Spring Party - Success!
I can't remember when we made it an annual thing. Sometime in the past nine years, since we found ourselves in our 1899 Victorian with a...
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Christine Shuck
- May 4
- 6 min
Mother Nature, You Are a Finicky Little B...
Beast, Yes, That's the Word... Question to the universe, will spring ever arrive? Or can we just expect to go straight from rain and the...
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Christine Shuck
- Apr 22
- 3 min
You Darling Beast
Winter's Child is DONE! I am so very, VERY relieved to announce that my 12th book, Winter's Child, is complete, edited, and in the...
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Christine Shuck
- Apr 14
- 5 min
Even at 51, Nearly 52, Adulting is Hard
TMI - You've Been Warned What follows is a bunch of numbers. Call it TMI, or whatever, it is what it is. My hope is that you will read...
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