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About Laurie@DailyAdventureTales

Seeker of daily adventures, blogger, fearless learner, newbie videographer and podcaster

Ep 0006 – Home – part 3 of 3 – My fake son, New & Noteworthy, Thanks Renee, and How do you stop ruminating?

Laurie and Steve at Steve's birthday party
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Part 3 of the Going Home series, all episodes of the series also stand alone. Ever have problems with your negative mind grabbing onto something that it won’t let go? I ponder how I overcome rumination while on the dock at Ruston Way in Tacoma, WA. Back in California, meet my fake son, Steve, and learn how he achieved that honorable title. We celebrate getting New and Noteworthy on iTunes. We give an enthusiastic a shout out to fan, Renee, for her stellar iTunes review. Song of the week, Trouba by Steve Gunn,

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How do I procrastinate? I’ll get back to you…

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Adventure Question: What do you do to motivate yourself when you just don’t feel like getting something done? Please tell the tale, because BOY could I use motivation today! When I was working, I used a cleaning service. Now that I’m retired, I am the cleaning service and I’m definitely not Laurie Homemaker. The good […]

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Ep 0005 – Home – part 2 of 3 – Solace, Twitter and Bo Bice!

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Part 2 of the Going Home series, all episodes of the series also stand alone. I explain during my morning walk along the shore of Puget Sound how I find solace when the sad parts about coming home surface in my heart. As a Twitter newbie, I’m thrilled when my all-time, favorite singer, Bo Bice, tweets me back! Song of the week Banana Bike by Dot Wiggin Band

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Ep 0004 – Going Home – part 1 of 3 – What memories do you feature?

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Part 1 of the Going Home series; all episodes of the series also stand alone. I take an early morning walk down memory lane along a path by Commencement Bay in my hometown of Tacoma, WA. I podcast in the field from a dock and I ponder which memories do we all choose to keep? I retell a great story from Jillian Michael’s podcast about discovering and going with your natural talents. Song of the week Bitter Heart by Zee Avi

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Ep 0003 – Bikes, Camera, Action! Plus free music

Laurie and Mark on the boat at Lake Tahoe prior to the bike race
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Mark and I talk about the first time we went to a bike shop and were told we were “too fat” to ride bikes, hah! I get a bike helmut POV camera with mic. Hear an audio snippet of my first recorded bike ride as I huff and comment up a big hill by the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Song of the Week Whisper by Stray Dogg

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What does the camera see? Laurie’s Adventures with POV and Finding Free Music

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Adventure Challenge: Find some new music at the Free Music Archive and try it out as a soundtrack for walking, cleaning, or just dancing where you are. Have a fun musical mini-adventure and come back to tell the tale. Today I was working on next week’s podcast in which I’m going to use bicycle recordings […]

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Ep 0002 – Voice-overs by friends and family. How about you?

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My friends, Linda and Noreen risk recording voice-overs for Daily Adventure Tales, and bravely reveal their process. Mom teaches me about Skype with an unforgettable duck joke. How you can add your voice to the show.

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What do you DO all day?

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Adventure Question: Are you sick and tired of having to explain what the heck you do all day long since you are “just retired?” Try the exercise below then come back to tell the tale. For me, it was easier when I worked because in our society our job titles are shorthand to who we […]

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Retirement Identity Resources

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On the web To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Good Reads version of Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes Very inspiring! The Transition Network is an inclusive community of professional women, 50 and forward, whose changing life situations lead them […]

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Mom Love a Duck!

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Adventure Question: When’s the last time you did something silly just for the fun of it? Whatever your answer, try to have a silly mini-adventure and come back to tell the tale. Well today was a big day for Daily Adventure Tales. You can find and subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. (Try searching for […]

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