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Dee Thompson

Atlanta

I love to write, cook, and laugh.

Interests: adoption, watching hgtv and the food channel whenever possible, cooking, movies, reading, writing, all things russian, exploring psychic phenomenon, making my friends laugh

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Why We Should Admire Southern Women like Eliza Pinckney

I just saw a post on Facebook about a remarkable 18th century woman named Eliza Pinckney, who transformed the agrarian economy in South Carolina and defied the conventions of her day. She is the subject of the book Indigo Girl,... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at The Crab Chronicles

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I was texting with my cousins earlier this evening about her mother, who is 96 years young. She still lives alone. She still drives. She is still cognitively fine. I talked to her a few months ago. When Helene went... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at The Crab Chronicles

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Non-Traditional Paralegal Duties

Early in my paralegal career I was asked to do a lot of things that a paralegal today likely wouldn't be asked to do, like pick up an attorney's dry cleaning or chauffeur him to a deposition an hour away... Continue reading

Posted Sep 22, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Poems from Years Ago

My master's thesis was a collection of poetry and it's ensconced in the library at the University of Tennessee, in Knoxville, probably gathering dust. I've been away from the world of poetry writing but I occasionally like to read it.... Continue reading

Posted Sep 9, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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How Boomers Can Reverse Declining Fertility Rates

I always knew I wanted to be a mother, and if you'd told me as a child that one day I would adopt two children over the age of ten I would have been astonished. I feel strongly that God... Continue reading

Posted Sep 7, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Pushing Children to Live Out Their Parents' Dreams

I am cursed with the ability to see things really TOO clearly sometimes. I understand both sides of issues, which means of course that I refuse to join either of the two main political parties in this country because I... Continue reading

Posted Aug 18, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Teaching the Children Well

There are so many teachers in my family that I've felt, at times, that I should have followed that path. My mother was a teacher for several years before she had me and my brother. My grandmother Thompson was a... Continue reading

Posted Aug 12, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Rescuing the Children

I try to avoid political discussions on here and I do not intend for this blog to focus on politics, but I have something to say about JD Vance. I didn't really know who he was until recently. Then he... Continue reading

Posted Jul 20, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Let's Hear It For the Little Old Ladies

Since I am now well on the way to becoming a Little Old Lady, I have a confession to make. I find old ladies fascinating, particularly older Southern ladies. We are taught from birth to be sweet and be ladylike... Continue reading

Posted Jun 22, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Best Friends Forever

When my mother died in 2020, I felt like a ship without a rudder, drifting aimlessly in the very choppy sea of life. I had lost my dad young. I was 33. He was 65 and riddled with cancer. Seeing... Continue reading

Posted Jun 2, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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An Unconventional Romance Book

Last year I published a book I'd been working on for months, a "romance" with a twist. I couldn't write a conventional, boring romance. So this one contains a lot of non-romantic elements, including addiction. Then there are my standard... Continue reading

Posted Jun 1, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Mother Daughter Drama

I don't know why exactly but books with a lot of mother and daughter drama are not appealing to me. They appeal to a lot of women, and I understand that, because the relationship with your mom is a crucial... Continue reading

Posted May 27, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Books That Changed Me

I belong to a Facebook group called Friends and Fiction [excellent group if you love to read] and a lady posted on there about finding a first edition of the book Roots, by Alex Haley. It got me to thinking... Continue reading

Posted May 19, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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The Right to Know Who We Are

I have never wondered about my parentage. Every time I see a photo of myself I am reminded of the fact that I am the "spitting image" of my dad, what he would look like in female form, basically. According... Continue reading

Posted May 11, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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The Garland Belles

My new novel The Garland Belles is available today on Amazon in either paper or Kindle formats. It's my seventh novel and I am really proud of it. It's completely different from any book I've done before, for a number... Continue reading

Posted Apr 15, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Storytellers at a Dinner Party

The older I get the less I crave travel or seeing sights and the more I crave the company of interesting people, and/or my friends. Human interactions are far more fascinating to me than any natural or man-made big deal... Continue reading

Posted Apr 13, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Years ago I saw a movie with Sandra Bullock and Chris O'Donnell, In Love and War. I have always been fascinated by Ernest Hemingway and by World War I, plus I studied Italian for two years so it checked a... Continue reading

Posted Apr 12, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Dancing in the Wreckage and Adoption

When I started this blog in 2005 it was a way for me to update friends and relatives about how my daughter was doing post-adoption, and how I was coping. Nobody in my circle of friends and family had ever... Continue reading

Posted Apr 7, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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My Wonderful Son

When I adopted my son in 2007, almost exactly 17 years ago, many people told me he was a lucky little boy. They were wrong. I was the lucky one, and still am. We have had a lot of ups... Continue reading

Posted Mar 27, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Love Your Changing Face

I just found myself looking in the bathroom mirror as I washed my hands and thinking, my eyes look green today. Then I immediately felt sad, because my mother used to say things like that to me. (FYI, my eyes... Continue reading

Posted Mar 25, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Do you like to read women's fiction? Stories set in the South? Memoirs that make you laugh out loud? I've now written and published a number of books and in case you are interested in a fun read or a... Continue reading

Posted Mar 13, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Dog Stories from My Life

Dogs have always been a part of my life, and I was sort of raised by dogs, if you want to know the truth. Before I was born, my parents got a puppy from the animal shelter and raised him,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Hit DELETE on the Shame Button

I'm working on a new book [more will be revealed in the near future] and I've been thinking a lot lately about the toxic repercussions of shame. It's kind of an old-fashioned word that you don't hear much any more,... Continue reading

Posted Jan 31, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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Letting Kids Explore

A video popped up in my Facebook feed this morning showing some young parents giving their three children permission to do whatever they wanted for one hour, every day. The parents explained how they decided to not supervise the kids... Continue reading

Posted Jan 22, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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I Earned This Face

I just read a post on Twitter/X by a young woman who couldn't be more than 35 and she posted on there and said "Do you ever look at photos of your younger self and just want to cry because... Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2024 at The Crab Chronicles

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