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My Playlist 9/3/2020
Last week I decided to treat myself to two new albums on my Google Mini. I was a little bit leery about downloading them both, but, as I...

Jillian Bleackley
Sep 3, 20202 min read
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Summer Reads
Imagine this scene: you are lying on a beach suntanning and reading one of your favorite books. Which book do you choose? Well here are a...

Jillian Bleackley
Aug 12, 20202 min read
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Excuse Me While I Chase Down A Food Truck
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm now a food truck convert. Last Thursday I got to experience a food truck for the very first time....

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Jul 30, 20201 min read
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Exercising Mind, Body, And Spirit
For this blog post, I have decided to focus on exercising the mind, body, and spirit. As the Dalai Lama says, “Happiness is not something...

Jillian Bleackley
Jun 18, 20202 min read
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Article Of The Month: Sorry, This Isn't Available On Audio
Every month I give my take on an article that influenced me for my "Article Of The Month". Feel free to submit articles that you want me...

Jillian Bleackley
May 26, 20202 min read
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Book Nook: The Selection
As I have a lot of time on my hands, as I referred to in my last post, I've been reading a lot of books on my Google Mini. One of them is...

Jillian Bleackley
May 19, 20201 min read
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The Power Of Pink
As I sit here and listen to Pink on my Google Mini, I think about the impact that she’s had on me in particular as a woman and as a...

Jillian Bleackley
May 18, 20202 min read
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A Dark Retelling Of The Cinderella Story
On the ninth of March I had the distinct pleasure of taking in some live theatre at a local fine arts school who put on a play called The...

Jillian Bleackley
May 18, 20202 min read
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I Think I'll Get Some Ink
The masterpiece in progress For thousands of years people have been decorating their bodies with tattoos. For centuries, tattoos were...

Jillian Bleackley
May 18, 20202 min read
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Puppy Love
I have always wanted wanted a therapy dog. Asher and Charlie are as close as I will ever get. Asher is a three-year-old labradoodle who...

Jillian Bleackley
May 18, 20202 min read
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My Memorable Teachers
Perhaps it’s the weather or the fact that it’s almost the end of the school year that’s got me reminiscing about my time in school. I...

Jillian Bleackley
May 18, 20202 min read
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Million Dollar Dad
Father's Day is fast approaching, so it's appropriate for today's blog post to be all about the man we admire. When I was little, my dad...

Jillian Bleackley
May 17, 20201 min read
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Book Nook: If At Birth You Don't Succeed
Over the Mother's Day weekend, I had the pleasure, and the time to read a very inspirational and hilarious book by sit down, yes I said...

Jillian Bleackley
May 14, 20202 min read
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Article Of The Month: Tips And Tools On How To Cope During COVID-19, Our New Normal
Every month I give my take on an article that influenced me for my "Article Of The Month". Feel free to submit articles that you want me...

Jillian Bleackley
May 7, 20201 min read
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Who Inspires You?
As some of you who are close to me know, I have always wanted to become a public speaker and take my story from coast to coast. I have...

Jillian Bleackley
May 5, 20201 min read
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My Leap Of Faith
"There are only two ways to live your life: as if nothing is a miracle or as if everything is a miracle," Albert Einstein. For those of...

Jillian Bleackley
Apr 21, 20201 min read
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Book Nook: Posted
This week's Book Nook is all about going back to high school with Posted by John David Anderson. For me, I have bittersweet memories of...

Jillian Bleackley
Apr 14, 20201 min read
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The Book Nook: The Lightkeeper's Daughters
After learning her brother has gone missing, all Elizabeth Livingston has left of her family are her father's journals. In there, she...

Jillian Bleackley
Apr 9, 20201 min read
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Back To My Youth
I grew up in the age of boy bands and bubblegum pop. I remember the posters of my favorite boy band spread on my wall, stuck with masking...

Jillian Bleackley
Apr 2, 20202 min read
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The Perfect Fit
I have always been envious of my friends with the cute boots, or those high sandals that I could never get on my feet; the latest shoes...

Jillian Bleackley
Apr 2, 20202 min read
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