Deborah Ann Lucas

  Down the Long Lane Helping Women Write

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  • Me
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    • Contact Me
  • Book Coach
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    • The Place to Start
    • Contact Me for Book Coaching
  • Writing
    • Leaf River Writer
    • Memoir
    • Writing
    • Events
  • Horses and Healing
    • Horse Stories
    • Down the Long Lane
    • Stories from Down the Long Lane
    • My Healing Journey
  • Art
    • Trot Town Studios
    • Horse Watercolors
    • Art Quilts
    • Spirit of Woman
    • Heart of Woman
  • Books
    • Deborah’s Debut

Deborah Ann Lucas

Down the Long Lane Helping Women Write

  • Me
    • About Me
    • Contact Me
  • Book Coach
    • What is Book Coaching
    • Find Your Story
    • The Place to Start
    • Contact Me for Book Coaching
  • Writing
    • Leaf River Writer
    • Memoir
    • Writing
    • Events
  • Horses and Healing
    • Horse Stories
    • Down the Long Lane
    • Stories from Down the Long Lane
    • My Healing Journey
  • Art
    • Trot Town Studios
    • Horse Watercolors
    • Art Quilts
    • Spirit of Woman
    • Heart of Woman
  • Books
    • Deborah’s Debut
  • Me
    • About Me
    • Contact Me
  • Book Coach
    • What is Book Coaching
    • Find Your Story
    • The Place to Start
    • Contact Me for Book Coaching
  • Writing
    • Leaf River Writer
    • Memoir
    • Writing
    • Events
  • Horses and Healing
    • Horse Stories
    • Down the Long Lane
    • Stories from Down the Long Lane
    • My Healing Journey
  • Art
    • Trot Town Studios
    • Horse Watercolors
    • Art Quilts
    • Spirit of Woman
    • Heart of Woman
  • Books
    • Deborah’s Debut

Category: On Aging

BEST LAID PLANS

Never enough time to write.

Throughout this last winter and early spring, I was able to write everyday, not just for an hour or two, but four to six hours each and every day.  I’d hoped to maintain that pac

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July 18, 2013November 10, 2019Country Life, healing, Nature, On Aging, Second Half of Life, Writing
stylized watercolor of girl running with horses

Women in the Second Half of Life

Today, I’m finally taking a break from my writing, poking my head above ground to see what’s been happening while I’ve been hiding on the farm working.  I’ve missed bopping into town to visit my friends (which I will do tonight at the Spring Artscene in Rockford Illinois

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April 5, 2013November 5, 2019Art, On Aging, Women's Issues

THE EYES HAVE IT

Over the holidays, as I prepared for the first of two cataract surgeries, eye drops, dark glasses, a ride to the surgery center and subsequent appointments, I missed the part about the reading restriction: only ten minutes an hour for three weeks following surgery.  No email, no facebook, no twitter

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February 1, 2013August 9, 2022healing, Memoir, On Aging, Second Half of Life

Internet Overwhelm

Broken by Takahiro Kimura I’ve […]

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April 25, 2012November 10, 2019A Writer's Life, On Aging, Second Half of Life, Writing