My Walk-In Closet – Jessica Barraco https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 20:10:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cropped-largebutterfly-32x32.jpg My Walk-In Closet – Jessica Barraco https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/ 32 32 Clean Out Your Closet, Clean Up Your Heart https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/2014/10/17/clean-out-your-closet-clean-up-your-heart/ Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:44:36 +0000 https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/?p=506 Dear Friends, If you ever get a chance to meet my boyfriend, and care to ask him what my favorite things are he would say this in this order: “Organizing, throwing stuff away, and laundry.” OK, I will admit I am a Virgo. I make my bed every morning (and will risk being late to do so). I grew up in a messy environment to say the least. There were mounds of crap everywhere like you might see on an […]

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]]> Settling https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/2013/10/08/settling/ Tue, 08 Oct 2013 03:54:02 +0000 https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/?p=492 Dear Friends, Settling. What a loaded word, huh? It used to just mean where your house was, or where you would camp out for the night. And now it means so many things. It means you sold out, you missed good chances, you took what was in front of you instead of waiting for what made you feel alive. I’m afraid I might have done that recently with something I care about more than anything in the world. I hate […]

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]]> I’m Tired https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/2013/08/15/im-tired/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 03:41:10 +0000 https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/?p=316 Dear Friends, I am tired. Exhausted. Insightful. Smarter. I am having to go through the exercise of tagging my posts from the past three years. Yes – Jessicabarraco.com is nearly THREE years old! I can’t believe it either. And we’re giving her a facelift before things really start take off with The Butterfly Groove – and life. I want my website to look as prepared as I feel. And now, when you read a blog post you like of mine, […]

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]]> Intentions Are Everything https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/2013/07/24/intentions-are-everything/ Wed, 24 Jul 2013 22:50:25 +0000 https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/?p=256 Dear Friends, Is it just me or are you suffering from excuse-overload? I am so tired of hearing people’s excuses. Why do they feel the need to make them? The only reason you should make excuses as far as I’m concerned, is if you’re trying to get out of a workout class with strict cancellation policies and you would otherwise be charged upwards of $40 if you don’t show up… and you have cramps. I cannot come up with any […]

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]]> The Marathon & #ObsesswJess https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/2013/07/04/the-marathon-obsesswjess/ Thu, 04 Jul 2013 00:06:02 +0000 https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/?p=241 Dear Friends, I know what you’re thinking. And no, I have not decided to be extremely focused and train for a marathon (like everyone else in big cities in 2013). This is more a metaphor for how I’m feeling in life right now. I have some great news — an agent for The Butterfly Groove, a job that is about something I really care about and is slowing down for the summer, and dating isn’t even going so badly… Yet, […]

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]]> There’s No Crying At Tiffany’s https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/2013/04/20/theres-no-crying-at-tiffanys/ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:51:09 +0000 https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/?p=237 Dear Friends, I live in Manhattan, so when I go to Tiffany’s, it’s not a Tiffany’s – it’s THE Tiffany’s. People travel there from around the world to take pictures of the flagship store, buy engagement rings, buy graduation pens, register for wedding gifts, return baby gifts (does that silver rattle really need to cost $400 or does mommy need a sapphire celebration band?) and more. It’s actually a powerful feeling, I think, to be an establishment that houses so […]

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]]> Catching the Bouquet https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/2012/10/17/catching-the-bouquet/ Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:33:26 +0000 https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/?p=223 Dear Friends, Catching the bouquet, or as I like to say, “I won the bouquet!” The history of this term comes from the 14th and 15th centuries, according to Yahoo! Answers. “There was an ancient belief that certain herbs contained in the bridal bouquet were good luck. In order to pass on this luck, the bride would choose a friend to present the bouquet to at the end of the wedding.” I caught it free and clear last weekend, I […]

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]]> Limited https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/2012/07/08/limited/ Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:06:38 +0000 https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/?p=217 Dear Friends, I’m not sure why I seem to run into so many people who are limited emotionally. Is it an epidemic that runs rampant in men in their 20’s and early 30’s? I looked it up in the Thesaurus to find synonyms for limited. They are abhorrent words like inhibit, reduce, restrain, constrict, narrow and hinder. These are all terrible words that I associate with negativity, people who can’t enjoy life, people who are so afraid to let go […]

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]]> Not Nora… https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/2012/06/28/not-nora/ Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:38:53 +0000 https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/?p=214 Dear Friends, It saddens me so much to write this post. My only writing icon and legend, Nora Ephron, has passed away. When I moved to NYC last year, I really thought I would be able to meet her at one point. Right before I moved, I read her most recent book, I Remember Nothing. In it, she speaks about what she will miss and what she won’t in her life. Among things she will miss, coming over the bridge […]

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]]> May Memorial https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/2012/05/23/may-memorial/ Wed, 23 May 2012 01:53:10 +0000 https://judsonlmoore.github.io/jessicabarraco.com/?p=209 Dear Friends, I haven’t written in so long. You must have thought I abandoned my own website. Or someone hacked into it who could care less about writing. I have been going through a lot of changes. Usually I don’t agree with the statement: change is good, but right now I do. There’s nothing like reflecting back to last Memorial day and being so happy it was a year ago. It’s kind of amazing what can happen in a year. […]

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