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Finding Your Voice
The key to finding your voice? The sounds of a summer night in Georgia allow the background to become the foreground.
Holly Bills
Jul 23, 20233 min read
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Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler!
The unofficial motto of Mardi Gras is more than lip service to a celebration. It's the ethos of a culture defined by resilience and joy.
Holly Bills
Jul 16, 20233 min read
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It's Time We Listened to the Vegetables
Food has long been used to send messages. If we listen, it can also teach us about our own humanity, the best and the worst.
Holly Bills
Jul 9, 20234 min read
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The Whispers
Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia has a vast and complex history. Learning about that history will leave you forever changed.
Holly Bills
Jul 2, 20235 min read
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The Roar
Storms in their fury forever alter coastlines and ecosystems. We exhaust ourselves fighting what is not seeking to drown us, but to guide us
Holly Bills
Jun 11, 20232 min read
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Summer is Coming
More fearsome than winter by far, summer in the South is an acquired taste. We can find beauty in things that are not pleasant.
Holly Bills
May 28, 20232 min read
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The Heat of Happiness
A trip to Avery Island unleashes a series of events leading to a hilarious family memory. Who knew peppers had so much to offer?
Holly Bills
May 21, 20233 min read
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You Are Enough
Let's add encouragement to this Mother's Day. When the comparisons, doubts, or all-around hard days come around-remember that you are enough
Holly Bills
May 14, 20233 min read
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Discounted
A passion for gardening always leads to the clearance section. Understanding the pull illuminates more about humanity than horticulture.
Holly Bills
May 7, 20232 min read
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Back When I Walked With Dinosaurs
If you're a parent, you understand this title. Having conversations with our kids about our past builds respect and understanding.
Holly Bills
Apr 30, 20233 min read
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For Belle
Our most difficult and trying times leave us not knowing how to move forward, or if we even can. What will get us through?
Holly Bills
Apr 23, 20234 min read
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Spinning in Place
Disruptions come for us all, trying to throw us off balance. We can learn from ballet dancers by finding joy even as our world whirls round.
Holly Bills
Apr 9, 20232 min read
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Yet Another Interruption
You are in the zone, fully immersed, when the interruption comes. How you handle interruptions has ramifications beyond yourself.
Holly Bills
Apr 2, 20232 min read
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Ripples Far and Wide
Tears of joy lead to answering the question "What's the point?" The universe has impeccable timing. Appreciation keeps the ripples spreading
Holly Bills
Mar 26, 20233 min read
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Forever Changed
Whose words left you forever changed? Words, those humble and unassuming things, quietly and resolutely give us something to lean on.
Holly Bills
Mar 19, 20232 min read
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What's Missing?
The ocean provides many lessons, some in brutality and some in tranquility. A beautiful beach photo is missing something.
Holly Bills
Mar 16, 20232 min read
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The Final Round: Spring vs. To-Do List
Spring is here, for a day at least. But there is that to-do list attempting to cast you under its spell. Who will win? Who should win?
Holly Bills
Mar 5, 20233 min read
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Article Published!
An article by Holly Bills has been published by the American Journal of Nursing, the leading voice of nursing since 1900. Click for the link
Holly Bills
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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Brought to You by a Goofy Squirrel
A goofy squirrel has the sensibility to not take life too seriously. Choose to sprinkle your life with goofiness to bring joy to everyone.
Holly Bills
Feb 26, 20232 min read
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The Places Time Has Forgotten
Come take a walk with me, out beyond the reach of technology's tentacles. Silence and peace reign here, providing a refuge to all.
Holly Bills
Feb 19, 20232 min read
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