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The Mother Who Cried Wolf (Or, How We Convinced Mom It Was Time for Assisted Living)

September 22, 2017

Woman looking out to see as she ponders convincing a parent it's time for assisted living.

“A shepherd-boy who watched a flock of sheep near a village brought out the villagers three or four times by   crying out, ‘Wolf! Wolf!’ when there was no wolf…”                                                   […]

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Filed Under: Aging Parents, Relationships Tagged: assisted living, how to convince a parent it's time to go to assisted living, putting a parent in assisted living

A Travel Essay (aka: To tattoo you, or not to tattoo you, that is the question.)

August 23, 2019

Years ago my mini-me asked, “When can I get my nose pierced?” This question caused me to launch into one of my favorite travel stories. “When you’re 18. Maybe.” She snarled her face. “Same for a tattoo?” “Oh, baby. You don’t want one of those.” “Yeah, I do.” I patted the sofa. “Sit. Let me tell you a story. […]

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Filed Under: Friendships, Travel Tagged: backpacking through Europe, reasons to not get a tattoo, travel, travel essay

Time Management 102: 3 Steps to Getting Your Life Back (from 7 typical time-sucks)

March 15, 2019

Time Management 102: Image of a father and son checking email in an airport.

In last week’s blog post on time management, I barely got started taming time. That’s why in today’s post, I’m going to drill deeper on the subject so you can reclaim some margin in your life. Step 1: Track Your Time. First of all, to grab your life back from the typical time-sucks, you need […]

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Filed Under: Personal Development Tagged: how to stop wasting time, how to use your cell phone less, time management

86 Christmas Gift Ideas for Guys (aka: What guys want—what they really, really want—for Christmas)

November 30, 2018

Christmas gift ideas for men: image of a Christmas gift tag.

Q: What is a woman’s favorite holiday w(h)ine? A: “Guys are so hard to buy for!” To help you tackle this very problem, may I present (pardon the pun) an extensive list of Christmas gift ideas for men. To ease your shopping experience, I’ve included links to many of these items. Yes, several are “affiliate […]

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Filed Under: Whatever Strikes My Fancy Tagged: Christmas, Christmas gift ideas for men, Christmas gifts

Happy Blogiversary!! My Top 10 Posts (according to you)

April 13, 2018

Blogiversary1: Black and white image of me with my first birthday cake.

Happy Blogiversary to you! Happy Blogiversary to you!  Because really, without you, this blog would only be a journal.  April 7, 2017 was the birthday of my blog, dianetarantini.com. On that day I rolled out the first post. Determined to be all official and everything, I even conducted a reader survey in which you assured me: I […]

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Filed Under: Whatever Strikes My Fancy Tagged: the best blogposts on dianetarantini.com

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