The Book of Renovations
My husband, John, and I are working on this blog at https://tinaneyer.substack.com/ We'd love it if you would check it out. Each week, we...
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Tina Neyer
- May 3
- 7 min
Talk with Tina: A Writer is Always Writing
Doesn't matter if you are on vacation or sitting at your desk, even if you don't have a pen in hand or a computer screen to stare at, a...
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Tina Neyer
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Heading For Wide Open Spaces
Today we head to Arizona for a much needed vacation. For fifteen months we have been struggling with the uncertainty of John's health...
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Tina Neyer
- Mar 14
- 6 min
Maze or Labyrinth?
Mazes make me nervous. They seem to arbitrarily dead end and the design can feel like a cruel joke. I need to see the eventuality of the...
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Tina Neyer
- Jan 9
- 4 min
Life is a Numbers Game
We have a pre-lit artificial Christmas tree and every year for the past 4, we've put it up in our foyer to reflect the beauty that shines...
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Tina Neyer
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Talk with Tina Newsletter
Light grows dim near 5:00pm these days, a reminder that we come to the closure of another year. On the buffet, the sweets wait for the...
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Tina Neyer
- Nov 21, 2022
- 6 min
It's the Journey, Not the Destination
In the cavern of our faith, we ended our pilgrimage as changed people. The expectations, pivots, things we could not predict, became the...
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Tina Neyer
- Oct 18, 2022
- 4 min
The Sun Will Rise
I attended yet another political event the other night with a number of candidates working hard to change the landscape in Kentucky...
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Tina Neyer
- Aug 30, 2022
- 3 min
News from Here
How did it get to be the end of August? As I prepped for the newsletter I looked back at my last publication on June 20th. How did it...
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Tina Neyer
- Jul 4, 2022
- 3 min
Dateline: July 4, 2022, 1:00 a.m.
Illuminated by lamplight, we watched out the window, vigilant, hopeful, that the last of the booms and splatters were exhausted and the...
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Tina Neyer
- Jun 20, 2022
- 5 min
The Best Version
My children are the best version of me, and that thought was reaffirmed on June 11 when my youngest son married his sweetheart. From...
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Tina Neyer
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
75 and Sunny
We had worried over the threat of rain at our new home. Would the tent hold on the slope of the yard? Could people navigate our galley...
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Tina Neyer
- May 14, 2022
- 1 min
One in a Million
Thursday, May 12, 2022, the president proclaimed that we should stand in the sorrow over the one million people lost to Covid. I saw the...
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Tina Neyer
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
On Being Loved
The Velveteen Rabbit is turning 100 this year. Thinking of this jettisoned me back to raising children, my own and as a childcare...
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Tina Neyer
- Mar 29, 2022
- 5 min
Happy Chances and Other Serendipitous Moments
News from Roebling Point Books and Coffee in Newport, Kentucky. I am dusting off some poetry and will be reading at my favorite...
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Tina Neyer
- Feb 22, 2022
- 5 min
Black Sheep and Memoir: February Newsletter
Shortly after an ice storm a few weeks ago, I headed out for a walk. (No, I don't let a silly thing like ice stop me.) My neighbor...
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Tina Neyer
- Jan 25, 2022
- 4 min
New Year, New Word, New Hope
We rang in the new year with the Cincinnati Pops and then dinner with a few friends. It truly felt good to celebrate endings and...
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Tina Neyer
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
A Christmas Memory
My two older brothers and I slept in the attic of my grandparents’ home amid boxes of ornaments, bubble lights, Christmas tree, and...
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Tina Neyer
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
In Lieu of Flowers
He threw open the sash and climbed through the window at the first pass of the Blue Angels. Tentative, a bit fearful, I leaned out. He...
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Tina Neyer
- Nov 4, 2021
- 6 min
Mapping My Way
People read my newsletter, see posts on social media, and assume (I think) that a job at hand is a full time gig. I love my work at...
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