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Inspiring Prison Programs

By Hazel Thornton | May 26, 2025 |

Now that Erik and Lyle Menendez are eligible for parole — Menendez Miracle #6 — it no longer seems pointless to think about what they might do when they get out of prison. Rehabilitation The brothers have said that they’d like to continue the work they started in prison. From Lyle’s resentencing statement: I have worked…

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Mosquitoes: A Chatty G Consultation

By Hazel Thornton | May 12, 2025 |

  In my last post — Think of ChatGPT as a friend — I mentioned having consulted with ChatGPT (aka Chatty G) about mosquitoes: Chances are that mosquitoes are more of an issue for me than they are for you. For one thing, my blood type is O negative, which has been shown to attract…

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Think of ChatGPT as a friend

By Hazel Thornton | April 25, 2025 |

As interested as I am in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and as pervasive as it is becoming in our daily lives, I seem to only manage one blog post per year about it. Suffice it to say that a lot can, and does, happen in a year! So, consider this your annual update. Progress! For example,…

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Menendez Miracle #6

By Hazel Thornton | March 17, 2025 |

    I have written previously about the first five Menendez Miracles. And I have written more recently about the roller coaster of Menendez legal ups and downs in this frequently-updated post: If I Could Hold a Press Conference. And now we have Menendez Miracle #6: Parole Hearing Scheduled  Parole Eligibility 5/15 UPDATE: On 5/13…

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We’re All Related (and why it matters)

By Hazel Thornton | February 22, 2025 |

It’s ti-i-me! Time for RootsTech, that is (March 6-8, 2025). And time for my favorite feature, Relatives at RootsTech. The largest annual genealogy conference in the world is a hybrid event. If you register for the FREE virtual portion of the conference you will get a different experience, of course, than if you go in…

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How Christmas turned into a Virtual Winter Retreat

By Hazel Thornton | January 8, 2025 |

I usually spend Christmas with Jane, my best-friend-since-we-were-14. Usually, she flies from Boise (where we grew up) to my house in Albuquerque. (My brother and aunt live here too, and she calls us her Christmas family.) Sometimes when I tell people she is coming they say, “Do you have anything special planned?” And I reply,…

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Celebrating 20 Years

By Hazel Thornton | December 16, 2024 |

Please join me in celebrating 20 years of membership in the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals. NAPO has been the foundation of my professional life and business. I’m retired now, but I’m still an emeritus member. For 17 of those years I helped clients to declutter, simplify, organize, and refresh their homes, offices, schedules,…

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Clearing Social Media Clutter

By Hazel Thornton | November 20, 2024 |

  Things are changing in the social media world. Not just recently, but constantly and relentlessly. And I’m drowning in social media clutter. 1/29/25 UPDATE: If you are here to see what I actually ended up doing, scroll down to the P=Purge section. Should I add new accounts? Delete old ones? Continue ignoring the ones…

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On Writing a First Draft

By Hazel Thornton | November 7, 2024 |

I’m not writing much these days. A regular monthly newsletter and an occasional blog post. Social media posts. Emails. That’s about it for now. I’m also not participating in NaNoWriMo, but that’s what I always think of in November. And that’s what inspired me to write this post. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month,…

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Menendez: If I Could Hold a Press Conference

By Hazel Thornton | October 27, 2024 |

(Originally published 10/27/24 and updated a number of times.) I wish I could hold a press conference like Los Angeles District Attorney Gascón does when he’s overwhelmed with inquiries about the Menendez case. I’ve received more media requests in the past 30 days than I have in the previous 30 years! I’ve responded to many…

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